coincidence 5 August 2009
I’ve been happy with the coincidences that have come my way recently in relation to the latest book. Now, if ONLY a coincidence meant a chapter written automatically, of course, but it doesn’t, it just points in the direction of where the work must happen. But it’s nice to get the pointers all the same and I do like a nice ‘omen’. So, even programmes like Desperate Romantics on BBC1 about the pre Raphaelites, which I adore, has furnished a few things, and I saw a great picture of an animal in London Zoo in a paper yesterday (from the 19th century!) that has led me to a small fictional incident that I will now create.
I’m also back to reading again, properly, so that is most pleasing – I do find prose and poetry very helpful even if it’s just to fluff up my vocabulary or getting me thinking of phrases that I like the sound of that I can use at some stage in the work. All in all, though it’s going slowly, it IS GOING and I think I am pleased with what I have so far…oooh, fighting words…
Belfast tomorrow and surely I’ll come back with a clutch of inspirations from there!
The G cat seems well, as does The Husband. And the laptop which died is sort of back to life again but clearly we need a proper house computer – I am leaving all of that up to Himself as I have neither the patience nor the time to do the Wifelies on the situation (Richard, I know you will read this – please ACT UPON IT too…PLEASE)
The builders have disappeared again.
