Have you ever had anything so uncanny happen to you that there's no way that it can be a mere coincidence?
For instance, there's this woman named Laura over at Writing.com. We have just recently met, thanks to our being in a couple of blogging circles together.
She left such kind and encouraging words for me in a discussion thread that I wanted to know more about her so that I could be a better friend to her, as we're sharing some of the same issues.
One way to do that at WDC is to check out a person's port (short for portfolio) and read some of her/his writings.
When I arrived there, I could see that she had a real treasure trove of writings.
It was like: "Hmmm...Which one do I want to read first?"
Even there before this wonderful looking smorgasbord with my reading plate ready to serve myself, it didn't take me long to make my choice.
The title intrigued me as did the introduction.
I would later find out from her that she had written this story based on a Writer's Cramp prompt.
She was interested in the cause of rescuing children from abusive situations created by people who were supposed to be giving them compassionate care in places such as orphanages, foster homes, reform schools, etc., so this prompt drew her in to write about a place that she had never heard of before reading the prompt.
As I read her words, I wondered if she knew Roger Dean Kiser. Of course, I would find out later that she knew nothing about him until I shared a link to his website as part of a review I did of her story--including this same review in the Awardicon presentation I did for her as well (which is what you go to if you click on the hyperlinked word "review."
Laura has already been to the website AND has plans to buy some of Roger's books that are for sale there.
One note of interest is that, on his website, you'll be able to read several of his stories and not pay a cent.
If you aren't familiar with Roger and/or Laura, I hope you'll take some time to check them out.
You won't be sorry!
