I just spent a few minutes trying to find the post where I’d mentioned how I swear some writing topics & ideas are synergistic, meaning several people write about them in a close timeframe. It’s happened to me before, and it’s just happened to me again. (I can’t find the post but I’m going to bore you with my story anyway!)
Maybe this one wasn’t karmic in nature. I like to think it was my intellect as a writer coming to the surface before someone else (whom I admire) wrote a similar article.
I’m a huge, huge fan of Chris Bibey’s Freelance Writing blog, so imagine my surprise when I hopped over for a dose and found a post (almost eerily) similar to a two-article series I just finished for the Writer2Writer.com ezine this month. Same topic, same advice (though mine spans two columns). Wild!
Check it out for yourself and tell me how crazy this is:
My articles, from May and June:
4 Ways to Get Freelance Writing Jobs, Part 1: Online Jobs
4 Ways to Get Freelance Writing Jobs, Part 2: Real-Life Jobs
and Chris’ post today:
How to Find More Freelance Writing Clients Next Month
Tell me that’s not a little bit funky!
I just hope no one is working on a novel with my unique theme…
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It’s not just you…I find those odd synchronicities happening to me more often than I care to admit–and not just with writing, either. I’m just glad it happens to other people–otherwise, I’d just be a lone kook in a world of coincidences.
What I want to know is, if these things happen so often, why can’t I win the lottery?
lol–we certainly don’t want you to be a lone kook, Joe. And if you do figure out the lotto thing, let me know!
Hey, Beth, I just saw your Second Sales in the RWA eNOTES. Talk about synchronicity. I never read this — never enough time, but with the conference coming thought I should take a peek and there you were!! Perhaps this is a column that is always there?? Either way, it felt like stumbling across a friend.
Very nice.
Just noticed you have a new photo of yourself??? You have the friendliest smile.
http://plotwhisperer.blogspot.com/
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