Signs and Wonders
I will let you make up your own mind.
I was writing my novel (I swear I'll finish this one) when I decided to send my heroine to Papua New Guinea for no reason other than I needed to send her to a South Pacific Island and PNG seemed ideal. Then I stopped and realised I knew nothing about the place. I ummed and ahhed for a while then decided to watch Getaway to give my writer's block a chance to unravel. Coincidentally, they were taking an expedition cruise into Papua New Guinea and so I got a peephole visit to what looks like a dramatic and mysterious island. At work the next day I spotted a poster for Australian Volunteers International advertising their annual round-up for volunteers. I couldn't stop thinking about it and so I went home and looked up their website.
There was a single overseas position available.
It was located in Papua New Guinea.
In my profession.
Then, I was reading a textbook on an aspect of the work because I wanted to make sure I knew that I was capable of doing it all when an exercise used the hypothetical case example of yes...you guessed it - Papua New Guinea...
Of course, coincidence is the opiate of the unbelievers. Those who choose to discard such signs are probably leading very rational, secure and content lifestyles.
But I don't want assurance. I want to live by instinct not logic, by spirit not by a pre-determined belief.
Here's to hope (and my application).
I was writing my novel (I swear I'll finish this one) when I decided to send my heroine to Papua New Guinea for no reason other than I needed to send her to a South Pacific Island and PNG seemed ideal. Then I stopped and realised I knew nothing about the place. I ummed and ahhed for a while then decided to watch Getaway to give my writer's block a chance to unravel. Coincidentally, they were taking an expedition cruise into Papua New Guinea and so I got a peephole visit to what looks like a dramatic and mysterious island. At work the next day I spotted a poster for Australian Volunteers International advertising their annual round-up for volunteers. I couldn't stop thinking about it and so I went home and looked up their website.
There was a single overseas position available.
It was located in Papua New Guinea.
In my profession.
Then, I was reading a textbook on an aspect of the work because I wanted to make sure I knew that I was capable of doing it all when an exercise used the hypothetical case example of yes...you guessed it - Papua New Guinea...
Of course, coincidence is the opiate of the unbelievers. Those who choose to discard such signs are probably leading very rational, secure and content lifestyles.
But I don't want assurance. I want to live by instinct not logic, by spirit not by a pre-determined belief.
Here's to hope (and my application).
Eternal Days; Author: Illness, M.
Best wishes on your application. It sounds as if Papua New Guinea is a heaven-made match for you and your book.