Category Archives: writers

On the Road

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Trish and Rob

 Whether we’re headed across town or across the world, travel removes us from normal routines and habitual thinking.  We’re open to new experiences, uncanny encounters, and all the high strangeness the universe can muster. Travel is the door that opens us … Continue reading →

Posted in planes, travel, writers | 13 Comments

Does Death Come in Threes?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Trish and Rob

We’ve talked before on this blog about how death among celebrities and the famous seems to come in threes. So here are two deaths we read about today.   On Sunday, January 17, author Erich Segal, 72,  died at his home … Continue reading →

Posted in death, erich segal, robert b parker, writers | 10 Comments

Time Travelers at the Scottish Festival

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Trish and Rob

On January 16, we drove up to Orlando to attend the Scottish festival – a great outdoor event with bands playing bagpipes, men in kilts, and games dating back centuries. Various Scottish clans – like the MacGregors, the clan that … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Scottish festival, time travelers, travel, writers | 21 Comments

Indiana Jones Synchronicity

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Trish and Rob

 Dale Dassel and Dr. Jones The other day I was cleaning out a closet, which I usually do at this time of year, when I came across a box of bound galleys of Indiana Jones novels I wrote years ago. … Continue reading →

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Stephen King’s Dream

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Trish and Rob

 We’ve posted a number of stories about dreams and synchronicity and about dream and the creative process. One of our favorites is from Stephen King’s book on writing, On the Craft, where a vivid dream provided the creative energy – … Continue reading →

Posted in dreams, plots, writers | 16 Comments

Coincidence

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Trish and I were in my office yesterday evening talking about some good news we’d heard about  Seven Secrets of Synchronicity. I looked over her shoulder at a bookshelf and focused on a novel that one of us had bought … Continue reading →

Posted in books, coincidence, writers | 18 Comments

Waking Life As a Dream

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Trish and Rob

  I’ve been reading Robert Moss’s superb book, The Three “Only” Things, Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination. It was recommended by someone in a comment and I apologize for not being able to remember who it was. … Continue reading →

Posted in dreams, moss, travel, writers | 21 Comments

The Ladder Writing Dream

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Trish and Rob

This synchronicity comes from Nancy Pickard. Shortly after we picked her up from the airport today (Dec 7), she related a dream she had. +++A writer friend in the dream burst into song. Her voice was beautiful. But when Nancy … Continue reading →

Posted in dreams, writers | 8 Comments

Those Google Alerts

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Trish and Rob

 Google Alerts are a venue for connecting people and ideas and often result in – look surprised! – synchronicity. Back in September, we posted a synchronicity called The Grasshopper  that happened to J.B. Priestley’s wife.Recently, thanks to a Google alert, … Continue reading →

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Love, Mira

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Trish and Rob

We’ve posted a number of stories involving synchronicity and creativity. The MO usually goes something like this: the individual is usually deeply immersed in a creative process of some kind and really plugs in to whatever he/she is doing. For … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, Mira Morales, Poe, Tango Key, titanic, writers | 19 Comments