It’s Magic!!

Here’s yesterday’s #WANAFriday blog prompt: If you could have one magical object, what would it be and why. Even though it’s technically no longer Friday, I’m going to weigh in on this one, because as the writer of paranormal fiction, I obviously have a favorite magical object. In fact, this object exists in the here and now. It’s something I hold in my hand every single day. You might even have one too.

It’s…

Are you ready?

My favorite magical object is…

Yep, it’s my smart phone. I mean think about it. With this one small device, I can order pizza or identify the actor who played the doctor in Master and Commander and keep in touch with people all over the world through phone and email and Facebook and Twitter. Even more important, I can keep track of the teenagers, though at times their text messages need translation.

I can entertain myself for hours with Tetris and Pinterest and Songpop, and if I have a question of a more metaphysical sort, there’s always my Goddess Tarot app to help me answer it. My magical object can tell me what time the bus is coming, and is a handy notepad so I can write it down when someone says something funny. I’m always on the lookout for good dialogue that way. It takes pictures and plays music and tells me the date and the time and the weather.

Magic? I think so. I mean, I know how to make it do things, but surely couldn’t tell you how it does them. And that’s magic of a sort. So keep your wands and pretty stones and sacred candles. I’m sure you can do cool tricks with them, but soon, they’ll make an app for that.

Happy (late!) Friday

Liv

Now keep going to see some other takes on the magical object idea…

Cora Ramos

Ellen Gregory

Tami Clayton

Kim Griffin

Siri Paulson