What do you call that thing?

[soflabbwlvr]

What do you call it when everything that could possibly go right with a story is going right? My muse has been whispering in my ear so sweetly for the past week and a half. Words are flowing like water. Every writing session is productive.

But wait, there's more. A substantial portion of this story takes place on a 120' yacht. I've been on a lot of boats, but never anything like this. So I go to the internet and find a site with detailed descriptions and photos. But it still gets even better. The next day I'm taking a break and turn on the TV. It happens to be on the travel channel, which is showing a program featuring super yachts. This story is practically writing itself.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Serendipity, in part, but do watch out for the Third Law...

 

[TxRad]

Serendipity, in part, but do watch out for the Third Law...

Of gravity.... If ya fall of the boat, you will get wet.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Of gravity.... If ya fall of the boat, you will get wet.

Better than falling off in dry dock - there gravity's likely to be a bit painful.

 

[patientlee]

What do you call it when everything that could possibly go right with a story is going right? My muse has been whispering in my ear so sweetly for the past week and a half. Words are flowing like water. Every writing session is productive.

But wait, there's more. A substantial portion of this story takes place on a 120' yacht. I've been on a lot of boats, but never anything like this. So I go to the internet and find a site with detailed descriptions and photos. But it still gets even better. The next day I'm taking a break and turn on the TV. It happens to be on the travel channel, which is showing a program featuring super yachts. This story is practically writing itself.

Sounds nice, but if something goes that well for me, it usually means something else will go wrong. A broken washing machine, for example. (I'm not a pessimist, but that's the way it goes. And yes, my new washer comes tomorrow.)

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Better than falling off in dry dock - there gravity's likely to be a bit painful.

Of gravity.... If ya fall of the boat, you will get wet.

Ha ha! With this one, with the groove I'm in, I'd probably sprout wings and fly.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Sounds nice, but if something goes that well for me, it usually means something else will go wrong. A broken washing machine, for example. (I'm not a pessimist, but that's the way it goes. And yes, my new washer comes tomorrow.)

That's what I'm worried about. The universe does tend toward balance.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

That's what I'm worried about. The universe does tend toward balance.

It's that Third Law I warned you about. And the last thing a smut writer needs is a washing machine to clean up the plot...

 

[49greg]

I don't know what you call it, but I could sure use some of it now!

 

[TxRad]

I hate to say it out loud but I've been on a roll like that for the past week. Three stories finished and three more with tons of new stuff.

<<<< Waits for sky to fall.

 

[lovecraft68]

Meant to be.

 

[patientlee]

I hate to say it out loud but I've been on a roll like that for the past week. Three stories finished and three more with tons of new stuff.

<<<< Waits for sky to fall.

May I suggest checking the hoses on your washer.

 

[glynndah]

Synchronicity.

 

[TxRad]

May I suggest checking the hoses on your washer.

I did check the washers on my hoses. They are all good.

 

[Bramblethorn]

But wait, there's more. A substantial portion of this story takes place on a 120' yacht. I've been on a lot of boats, but never anything like this. So I go to the internet and find a site with detailed descriptions and photos. But it still gets even better. The next day I'm taking a break and turn on the TV. It happens to be on the travel channel, which is showing a program featuring super yachts. This story is practically writing itself.

Better than the 'cosmic story research' I got earlier this year...

I was writing something where a person dies suddenly from an undetected medical condition, and trying to figure out what the coroner/inquest procedure would be. One of my uncles answered my questions by dying suddenly from an undetected medical condition. :-/

 

[patientlee]

Better than the 'cosmic story research' I got earlier this year...

I was writing something where a person dies suddenly from an undetected medical condition, and trying to figure out what the coroner/inquest procedure would be. One of my uncles answered my questions by dying suddenly from an undetected medical condition. :-/

Wow. That's creepy.

In other news, the first load is in the new washer. New hoses and everything!

 

[patientlee]

I did check the washers on my hoses. They are all good.

Marginally related, but still cute: My 5 y/o found a nut on the floor. He brought it to me and said, "Mom, I found this bolt on the floor." I said, "Actually, that's a nut. It goes on the bolt." He said, "Hee hee."

I wasn't cut out to have boys.

 

[TxRad]

Marginally related, but still cute: My 5 y/o found a nut on the floor. He brought it to me and said, "Mom, I found this bolt on the floor." I said, "Actually, that's a nut. It goes on the bolt." He said, "Hee hee."

I wasn't cut out to have boys.

My daughter was a little younger that that when she decided it was time for her to start putting on her own shoes. On her first try I told her she had them on the wrong feet. She told me they were the only feet she had.

Little girls aren't much easier.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Better than the 'cosmic story research' I got earlier this year...

I was writing something where a person dies suddenly from an undetected medical condition, and trying to figure out what the coroner/inquest procedure would be. One of my uncles answered my questions by dying suddenly from an undetected medical condition. :-/

Wow. Sorry to hear that. Sort of reinforces the saying, "be careful what you wish for." That turned into a real life "Monkey's Paw" scenario.

I suppose I should mention that although the yacht research went smoothly, I had a little more trouble sorting out the jurisdictions of various law enforcement agencies in coastal waters.