| �Kitty, you have to admit that you are somewhat obsessed with Fantasy Man.�
(Note: Um� it�s no mystery I�m obsessed with Patrick. It�s a never-ending quest. Well� not really �obsessed� but I�m definitely DEDICATED to unearthing the truth). �She is my wife and by right that makes her mistress here.� (Note: My friend told me that when Patrick spoke to her about me, she heard the name chatelaine and �mistress� several times. Only she and I both didn�t know at the time that the wife of a laird, etc. would be addressed as such). �Was there some sort of code you used as kids? If so, maybe she used it.� Jeff audibly blew out a breath. �The only one I can think of involved capital letters.� �You mean the capital letters make up the words of the message?� (Note: For an early Christmas gift, Mom bought me a book called Wizardology. It�s a kids� book really, but I�ve been wanting it for research for a Young Adult story I�ve been writing. Well, while reading it the night before I was a little annoyed that throughout the book there were capital letters where they weren�t necessary. Lol! I know this isn�t Patrick related, but I thought it a cool coincidence). |
| �What about �our ivy tree�? Does it mean anything to you?
�Maybe. I�m not sure. It might be a reference to a book. One winter Katherine was really into this author, Mary Stewart. Kitty read every book she wrote, but her favorite was �The Ivy Tree.�� �What was it about?� She cocked her head to one side, waiting for his answer. �I never actually read it, but it had something to do with lovers who had a secret place, a hole in an ivy-covered tree, where they left messages for each other.� (Note: In my first book, what did I write but that there was a fallen tree struck during a storm where young couples hid love letters in the gap where the lightening bolt hit). �I�ll love you forever. Never doubt that. And know that if I canna be with you in life, I will find a way to be with you in your dreams.� (Note: Made me think of all my dreams where I think Patrick was coming to me � in disguise, ever since he scared the heck out of me when he came as himself in that tent dream. Lol!) |
| More coincidences related to that book and the one I want to write that is loosely based on Patrick � �Mrs. Abernathy� was the innkeeper of the castle. (Note: In my own book �Mrs. McGrath� will be the innkeeper of the castle. But a day or two before I bought the Dee Davis book, when adding notes to my story I mistakenly called the �Mrs. McGrath� character �Mrs. Abernathy�). �Elaine� is one of the secondary characters. (Note: In my story I�ve been considering having �Elaine� be the name of the heroine during her past life). Iain and Katherine�s child is named �Anna.� (Note: This is grasping at straws, I admit, but the name I gave the heroine in my first book was �Anna.� Also, my aunt and friend have both said they thought my name in my past life was Anna-something. My friend thinks it was �Annabelle.� And yes, that name eventually did make me remember all that BELLE stuff I mentioned earlier. Just a thought � again, this is grasping at straws � but remember the Wizardology comment above? Well, in that young adult story of mine I gave the heroine the name �Annalea� b/c I liked the name ever since I heard it from my aunt. And a few weeks ago I realized that I stupidly made another character in that story�s name be �Ann.� Lol! So maybe there�s a subconscious reasoning to my liking that name? I�m not sure yet). |
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