Random timing, or fate?

I told you I wouldn't post very often but today I experienced another weird Eureka Moment. I am editing Dead on Her Feet, wondering how my Argentine psychoanalyst - who is also a former guerilla fighter - would react if my heroine, Antonia, asked him to talk to her young nephew about curbing his violent behavior. Just then the phone rings, and my artist friend from Argentina is on the line, just to say hi. We talk. He wants to know how the book is coming along, and offers to help in any way he can. Neither of us can imagine how he can help. Then I realize, I have this question about the Argentine psychologist ... and it turns out my artist friend had family who were Montoneros ...

They both hate Peron, who knew?

I thought I would dedicate this blog to those Eureka Moments that occur when your neurons suddenly collide and open up a new understanding of the problem you are working on. This experience is what I most love about the creative process - whether in business or in the arts.

One of my favorite EM's came while writing Dead on Her Feet, in which an Argentine psychoanayst and an American paleontologist become friends. In developing their back stories, I discovered that each had reason to hate Peron. So now I know they'll eventually discover this and become fast friends. It was a woo-oo moment for me!

I will post when I think I have something useful to contribute, which may not be very often, and welcome your comments.