My mind is all over the shop this morning, jumping from one topic to another. There are about five ideas racing through my head but I can’t seem to catch one and land it long enough to develop it into anything remotely interesting to write about! It could be because my mind is wrapped up in a short story that I am developing at the moment...
My gorgeous friend, Shaz, put me onto a local short story competition yesterday and by golly, I am going to enter it. I am beyond excited as it is the first writing competition I have entered and I am really looking forward to the experience of it. I am not so delusional as to think that I will win, but it would be nice to make it into the Top 10 at least! J I fell asleep last night, pen in hand, writing away madly as the ideas just kept flowing and the story began to take shape...I like to actually write my stories in the beginning stages rather than type them because it makes me feel more connected to them I guess. Anyway, I have to share with you a little bit of “freaky” stuff related to this situation...
You all know I love my spiritual and psychic side of life and I put a lot of faith in the messages I receive from Spirit. Well here are two examples of how amazingly on the money they can be!
Firstly, some months ago I had a psychic reading with Rev. Marilyn from my Church. She knows very little about me, especially nothing about my desire to be an author, so I was amazed when she said that she can see me writing short stories. She said that she sees me writing in a notepad, not using a computer and that my stories will involve a lot of pathos. At the time I thought there was no way that was correct because I want to write children’s books, not short stories. But, low and behold, here I find myself developing my very first short story, written in a notebook and it certainly involves a lot of pathos (meaning sorrow and sadness that is necessary for the telling of the story, not just for the sake of pulling on heart strings). Amazing!!
Then secondly, one of my dear friends Mrs D and I both share a love of all things spiritual. Mrs D has a pendulum of which yes and no questions can be asked where it swings one direction for yes, the other for no and either doesn’t move or goes side to side for no answer. I was catching up with Mrs D one evening and we decided ask the pendulum about my writing. I firstly asked if I was going to be a published author within the next two years...it swung in the direction of yes (wooot!). Then I asked it if my first published work was going to be a children’s book...it swung in the direction of no. Again, I thought to myself “piffle” I only want to write children’s books so what on Earth would I publish otherwise...insert current short story competition here!
Very interesting I think! Of course, none of this is set in stone, it is just very interesting that my writing path has taken the diversion that it has after receiving these spiritual messages. Stay tuned...there may just be something published in the next two years with Author: Kate Ford proudly donning the cover J
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