What do writers have in common with baseball players?
We’re incredibly superstitious.
A writer friend composes all her novels on this laptop. She sits on the couch, has the computer on her lap, and types away. It’s the way she works (and boy, does she work!) Well, one day her laptop was giving her problems and we all piped up with suggestions such as getting a USB keyboard, putting it up on a TV tray, or working on the other computer for a while, etc. These suggestions were all shot down because all of them messed with her successful method. She writes in a certain way and anything that is not that certain way is simply unacceptable.
I’m the same way. If anything isn’t the way that’s worked for me in the past, it’s simply unacceptable.
Hence, my current problem. (more…)