Omens and Superstitions

So, do you believe in omens and superstitions? When they suit me, I do.

Today I was reading through the directory of an RWA chapter I just joined, checking to see if they had my name and address correct. The first time I skimmed, it looked right so I didn’t think much of it. Later, I was checking to see who else was a member and I noticed an asterisk beside certain names, denoting that they were published in book-length fiction.

Curiously, there’s also a star by my name. Huh. Didn’t realize I was published in book length fiction, but who am I to argue? Clearly this is an omen. I am going to sell a book in 2006.

Because, by golly, I sure as heck am not going to email the membership chair to make that correction. I’m going to be positive about this. I need to prove them right, don’t I? That champagne is just waiting to be opened…:drunk:

Anyway, back to omens and superstitions….there have been times in my life when I had a sixth sense that something was going to happen. Once, it was right before they announced my name for a scholarship. I broke out in chills, and I just knew they were going to call my name. I don’t know what it was, but when they did, it was a very strange moment.

I’m almost embarrassed to admit that the scholarship was the equivalent of Miss Congeniality in the Virginia Young Woman of the Year pageant (formerly called Young Miss Pageant). Doh! I relate a little better to the Sandra Bullock character in the movie of that same name. It still makes me laugh to think of it. But hey, it paid for some college books, so I don’t care.

So have you ever had a sixth sense moment that resulted in something positive for you?