Monday, September 7, 2009

An interesting dream, or what would you do?

I started drafting this blog yesterday about the common complaints of a writer. Too many things to do and not enough time. There are so many things I never have time to get around to doing. I could do webmail all day, but then I'd never write. And I could write all day, but then I'd shut myself off from friends, and of course the everlasting promo.
I didn't really expect the promo bit when I was focused in on being published. Now fourteen books later I'm juggling my time like a circus clown. That's was enough venting, but if any of you have ideas to help, what promo works the best, etc. do let me know. AARRRGHHHH!

Guess I was feeling unusually frustrated, and then last night I had an interesting dream. My current hero (Jono in 'Quest for Magic', book 5 in the Songs of the Mages series)) is undergoing an emotional awakening so maybe that's what triggered it. In my dream a good friend of mine and I had gone to a second hand shop looking for a desk for her. I love second hand shops, by the way. We found a lovely little desk and loaded it in her car somehow. Don't know quite how. Maybe it was a station wagon, but I not only dislike them but have a bad back that should have made me of no help. I'm not loading anything when awake! Anyway we got it to her place, carried it to her office and she left me to do something or other. This is a dream, remember. They can be short on logical details if you want them to be. While she was gone I was cleaning out the desk for her and found an old coin wedged in the back of one of the drawers. Don't ask my everybody else had missed it, this is still a dream. I knew enough about old British coins to know this was an exceptionally valuable gold pound piece. Worth beaucoup bucks. (I don't know much about them at all, but again, this is MY dream, so don't quibble.)

Anyway I stood there looking at it, wondering who it belonged to? Me? My friend?
The consignment shop owner? Doubtful, but if we reported it to her would she track down the former owner or pocket it? The former owner? The desk was old enough it probably had several owners. Which one do you pick?

Finders keepers doesn't seem quite right here. Or does it?

Some dreams are fun....

5 comments:

Fran Lee's Romance Blog said...

If it's a dream, you could keep it...but in real life it would be more ethical to give it to the current desk owner. Not the consignment shop owner...the person who placed it for sale. Maybe if that person got the coin, they could keep their lovely desk!

Nina Pierce said...

LOL! Jean, quite the dream! IMHO it would belong to your friend. She bought the desk, she owns the coin. Too bad it wasn't real ... maybe she'd split the profits. *vbg*

jean hart stewart said...

Thanks for commenting, Fran and Nina. I love the difference of opinions. I can argue either way. Gues that's why the dream fascinated me so.

Afton Locke said...

I once found a worn 1912 quarter in a library book when I was a kid. I was really thrilled until I found out it was nearly worthless.

jean hart stewart said...

A quarter's a quarter! I love to spot coins on the sidewalk....