When I left California, I also left behind a knee high stack of unused notebook, and a slightly larger stack of half used ones. I took with me more notebooks than I took actual books, all of them used ones, all of them with the “special lucky” label.
You can always buy a new copy of an old book. Special lucky notebooks have a criteria list. Maybe I’m a little superstitious, but if I need to brain storm, or hit a rough patch in my novel, I won’t trust just any old notebook. I either work in a brand new notebook, or a notebook that meet the following standards:
1. It must have nothing unrelated to writing.
Especially if it is contaminated with mathematics or chore lists. In my opinion, if I used this notebook for mundane tasks, I was procrastinating at the time, and might inadvertently contaminate future works. No thank you.
2. I have to have at least one really good idea while working with that notebook.
If I’ve had a good idea before, chances are I’ll have another one. The more ideas I have with that notebook, the luckier it is. ^^
3. No one else can have written in it.
Unless of course it’s a writing buddy.
Well that’s my superstition for the day. What’s yours?
A.M. Kuska's Blog 
Sep 08, 2010 @ 13:50:35
Do I have a special thing I always do…? Anything at all…? Even if it doesn’t relate to writing…? I am drawing a blank. As far as writing goes, I have lost my knowledge of what to do with pen or pencil. Having been a legal secretary much of my life, typing speedily and accurately while reading the rantings of lawyers bent on having their way in court, I write solely via the keyboard and in front of the computer. Putting fingers to the keys starts the engine running. I would guess that grooming pups is not only therapeutic for the stresses of life but also handling the little bundles of love could inspire the warmth and cuddliness I recognize in Dragon Psychology.