What's luck got to do with it?

 
The other day, I
discovered I hadn't even been shortlisted in a novel writing competition I'd
hoped to win. But, I shouldn't have been surprised.






This isn't the real lilac pen. I'm too superstitious to take a picture of it.





You see, when I
recorded my entry in my diary, I didn't write it in my lucky lilac pen.



Let me tell you a
little bit about my pen.



Every time I've
written things down using that pen I've been lucky.



Lucky strike.1 -
A publisher asks to see more of one of my novels.



Lucky strike.2 -
Two days after sending my revenge novella Hell To Pay to Sassy Books, I sign a
contract. The book will be out in 2013.



Lucky strike.3 -
I noted the details of an idea for an article I sent to an editor. I got the
commission.



Writers and their
superstitions, eh?



I know I'm not
the only one who's very superstitious when it comes to my writing. I have a
friend who writes in longhand. Whenever he makes a mistake he scrunches up the
paper and throws it in the bin then starts again.



Extreme? Maybe.
But, we all have our ways.



Now, where's that
lucky pen?