Daily prompts
I'll make this post in two parts. First, my answer to Talker's Block. Apparently people suffer from writer's block, but not from talker's block. And again I must admit I'm the opposite. I hate talking. And I do spend days without talking but smalltalk and the indispensable (because I have a day job. When I spent my vacations at home, this year, if I didn't go out, I did spend days without talking to anybody). While I never spend one day without writing, either a short journal entry, a blog post, an outline, a note on a story or whatever passes through my mind.
I'm a Writer. I write, I don't talk. I hate talking. I can listen (you never know where the next idea comes from), but I normally don't talk. I know exactly what a talker's block is. But I've never met a writer's block. I know, I come neither from Mars nor from Venus, probably Jupiter or Saturn! 
Oh, and I hate being at the center of the attention, so do not invite me to speak on a panel, not even at the presentation of one of my books: I won't be able to talk anyway. So spare this poor writer here, and let her dwell in her cave, thank you.
The other half of the post is topic #258 and I pick number 5. Why it's my favorite, I'm not sure. Maybe because my family of origin was of 5 people? Because it's the number of my fingers and I do need my hands a lot, to write, draw and do other stuff? Because it's a perfect number for a team – 1 is lonely, 2 is a couple, 3 is a triangle, 4 is a double couple, 5 is a group of friends! And being an odd number, if there's some kind of voting to do, someone has to win! And there can be one leader, or the 5 can be on the same level, each with his/her own talents to bring to the table…
OK, I don't know why I like #5. It's also the last number of my year and day of birth – I should have been born in May, it would have been perfect! – and same for my beloved nephew (different month, 40 years apart). There are 5 Books of the Immortals (Ether is coming soon, Earth will come out in December) because I like the fact that there are 5 elements if you add ether to earth, fire, water and air. And as I like the number in all the series I'll try to do five novels (unless they're trilogies) – mmm, will have to study that!
Tomorrow, as promised, birth of a cover… stay tuned… Oh, and I need one more volunteer for a guest post… anyone? Any rants on writing or blogging you'd like to share?
