Hey, Everyone. Happy Friday the 13th! Thirteen is a number surrounded by superstition. While I come from a long line of superstitious people, I’m not one of them. I’ll purposely do things such as walk under a ladder, open an umbrella in the house, or cross a black cat’s path.
I have a cousin who claims she isn’t superstitious but “just cautious.” Once when I visited her, I made the mistake of placing a hat on the bed. She promptly removed it, saying it was “bad luck.” Another time when she visited us, she tipped the salt shaker, spilling some on the table. Immediately she sprinkled salt in her hand and threw it over her shoulder. On the floor, mind you! Ridiculous.
However, I do enjoy hearing the stories behind the superstitions. Oh and speaking of black cats (I’ve owned several in my lifetime) I haven’t posted a photo of my Little Bit in a while. I took this one a few years back. He was less than a year old then.
Cute, isn’t he? How could anyone believe something so adorable could bring bad luck? For now, it’s time for this week’s links. Sorry the list is shorter this week, but it’s been a crazy one and I haven’t had time to read as much.
On this site:
On Story Empire:
- Tips for Writing Action Scenes – Mae Clair
- Using the Five Senses: Taste – Me
- Dual Use of Fiction Meta Data Part Four – P H Solomon
On Other Sites:
- Blogging for Beginners – Just Publishing
- Biggest Book Bub Ad Mistakes – Book Bub Partners
- Gotta Have Thick Skin – Kill Zone
- OIRWA 2020 Workshops – Nicholas C Rossis
- Storytelling Decisions – Writers Helping Writers
Joan Hall 
Reblogged this on Where Genres Collide Traci Kenworth YA Author & Book Blogger for all Genres as well as craft books and commented:
Great links!
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Thank you, Traci!
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You’re welcome, Joan!
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I would not only cross the black cat’s path, I would stop and pet it.
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I would too, Deby. (If it would let me get close enough.) I’ve had several black cats, all of which have found their way to us.
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I am not particularly superstitious either, Joan, maybe that is how we are able to write about such things without qualms.
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Good point, Robbie.
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Reblogged this on The Write Stuff and commented:
A very quick note to let you guys know Joan Hall has a fun Week in Review post this time around, featuring some tidbits about Friday the 13th, and links to some cool blog posts, too. Check it out. Thanks, and thanks, Joan! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you so much for reblogging, Marcia!
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Little Bit is adorable. He looks like my Raven.They could be brother and sister.
I never heard the superstition about the hat on the bed. It’s weird, I will open an umbrella in the house, walk under a ladder, cross the path of a black cat (I do that one daily, LOL), and think nothing of it.
But I do knock on wood, and am freaky about some other things…like not going into a haunted house, doing a ghost walk, or acting on things that “tempt fate.” So I guess when it comes down to it, I am superstitious!
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Little Bit and Raven could be related! The hat on the bed thing was a new one on me, but as I told someone else, you’d have to know my cousin to understand.
I knock on wood also, but I do ghost walks. 🙂
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Beautiful kitty:) A hat on the bed? Never heard of that one. Happy Friday the 13th:)
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Thank you. He’s pretty special to us. The hat was a new one for me but you’d just have to know my cousin. 🙂
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Love the kitty photo. It has been a long strange week.
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Yes it has. Ready for it to be over.
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Love the pic of Little Bit!
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It’s a favorite of mine. He looks so cute!
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Happy Friday the 13th. Thanks for the links.
One time I threw the wet clothes in the dryer and turned it on. I heard a thump and wondered if my husband put tennis shoes in the wash or something. I opened the dryer door, and our black cat jumped out. He was fine, but it scared the crap out of me!
Happy birthday!
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Oh wow! I’ll bet it did scare you. As I recall, I had just taken a load from the dryer and went back to close the door. He’d found a warm place!
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And thanks for the birthday wishes.
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Oh, and I almost forgot: happy birthday 🙂
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Thanks so much! Another year younger. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Nicholas C. Rossis and commented:
Joan’s writing links of the week
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Thanks for sharing, Nicholas.
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🙂
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Lol – it’s a shame we missed the full moon by a few days. Can you imagine Friday 13th, full moon, and COVID all on the same day?
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LOL! That would make some people not want to even get out of bed!
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The Greek government has already asked everyone to stay in (for fear of COVID), so you may be on to something!
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We haven’t got that far (yet). Just international travel bans (not to Europe, the UK, and Ireland. But who’s to know what will happen next.
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