Jinx-not

I shouldn't be so superstitious. But the truth is that I worry that when I write about some "breakthrough" I've had in working on my book, that I basically jinx everything and end up five steps or so behind.

Like last time, when I wrote about the great first line I came up with. Yeah, I wrote it down and all, but I don't believe it's going to be the first line, after all. And I'm still not telling what it is/was.

So I'm hesitant to talk about the little a-ha moment I just had, a little moment that finally allowed me to see a way of bringing together the old stuff with some new stuff.

And so that's really all I'm saying.

And this: even though the great first line got abandoned, it did get me going. So it's not like it was a waste.

Good to remember these things.