It is common knowledge that athletes and sports fans have some odd rituals, some would say quirks. I’m thinking of fans who always wear the same shirt to watch a game, athletes who carry a personal talisman with them on the sports field, etc. But… did you know that some of the famous authors/writers you know and love had some odd habits too?
Writers are not immune from ritual and superstition it would seem.
The following infographic was created by writer/blogger Jack Milgram.
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Loved this, being introduced to new authors that I can not wait to get my hands on, thank you for sharing.
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Nice facts!!
Loved the one about Jane Austen! 🙂
Do you have any quirks as such, Lynne?
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No, I have no quirks. I’m pretty boring really.
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Hahahaha!
Often things believed to be normal by someone may not be for another person! 😛
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What the…?
Thanks for sharing
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Some of these are hilarious!
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This was really interesting Lynne. Thanks for sharing.
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This was brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this. 🤗
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Glad you enjoyed it Beth. ♥
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Fascinating!
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I loved this! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
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This was wonderful! I especially loved the Austen fact!
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Get fun and interesting post! Even as the mother of high school athletes I had my own little rituals, just stupid things like having the same amount of cash in my wallet at every game, because I’m sure that had a huge impact on the outcome of the game, LOL my oldest was a pitcher and as a mother that is a stressful position to have your child at!⚾️💕
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I see you understand completely! LOL
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Truman Capote’s clothes must have been very stinky! I use a purple pen to log my review books in my diary so I think Lewis Carroll was far from strange 😉
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LOL ♥
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This was very enlightening, but not terribly shocking. Many of the famous writers suffered with ‘the midnight disease.’ Stephen King wrote about this in his textbook. I know that when King had established himself as a huge success; he and his wife lived in a shabby trailer in Bar Harbor. I had never thought these tactics were superstitions, but after reading this thread, Good Grief ( making the Sign of the Cross).
Thanks so much!
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Glad you enjoyed this infographic Skye. ♥
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I absolutely love discovering these. Very fun 🙂
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Fab post some writers are very weird! 😀
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Interesting post. Thanks for posting.
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Hmm, hanging upside down as a cure for writer’s block. Well, it certainly seems to have served Dan Brown well!
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Very Interesting post!! Loved the facts of these amazing writers!!
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