Week 70 – On the subject of coincidence

I have noticed that I often look at the clock on my computer at the same time -1.13. When I say often I don’t mean every day, but I do tend to glance across and see 1.13 more regularly than you would imagine could happen randomly. Maybe three or four times in the last couple of weeks.  Coincidence? Perhaps – it’s a time that has personal significance but it’s also a time when I seem to write well.

There are all sorts of odd things that happen, from saying the same sentences at the same time as someone else, to hearing an old song on the radio that you were singing earlier, or someone calling you when you have the phone in your hand to call them.  A newer one for me is finding a blog post about the subject I just wrote about/am just about to write about, on one of the blogs I follow.

I find coincidences satisfying, as though they prove we are all linked in some cosmic way.

I’ve been fascinated by these strange little quirks of the universe for a long time, so it was inevitable that there would be some reference to it in my writing at some point. A lot of the current woods storyline is about the line that the two characters are drawing between coincidence and messages. When they look at the same situation, one will look for the most reasoned,logical option, and one will look for the option that somehow links her to outside forces – spiritual, mystical, beyond the grave.

It’s a bit like the old Mulder and Scully relationship!

In other news – I have completed the ‘codename Wedding Belles’ poem for my cousin and her partner, so can tick that off the to-do list.  The other jobs are progressing but not complete yet, but I’ve only done about 5,000 extra words for the woods novel so have to get stuck into that this coming week as from 24 December – 1 January I only have one day free to write without interruption.

Also – I had my last book club of the year this week, and it was a planning one for next year.  We have decided that we are leaving ‘classics’ in the past and will focus on more modern stories – and one person has even thought about tying the books in to my writing so I could use them as research, which is a fab idea.

And finally – I have shared my book with someone with no intention other than to let them read it.  For fun.  No requirement for editing/proofreading (they got the pre-proofed version), or feedback.  Wow – any writers out there waiting to take that last step of sharing, do it – it’s more nerve-jangling thinking about it than it is to actually let go!

Happy writing

EJ

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