Electronic toys, that is *g*

My keyboard died this last weekend. A long coming death I should have seen, but kept trying to ignore it. When it reached the poin that it only actually typed every third letter I tapped, I finally gave in and admitted it. It was dead *sad sigh* Now, usually I'm all for new toys. I love my handheld computer, for instance. I never leave home without my Razr cellphone. I can't write without my iPod. I admit it, I'm kinda, a little bit, a geek.

But my keyboard? This is the one that my husband once sat down to type at and freaked because there were no letters on half the keys. They'd been worn away. The space bar had an actual groove worn it it from my thumbs. It was... perfectly fitted.

And more importantly... its the keyboard that I used to write all of my manuscripts. Not just the ones that sold, all of them.

Call me superstitious, but I was a little freaked to toss it and get a new one. But... I had to.

So I went for ergonomics, tons of nifty personalized shortcut keys, and wireless (the dog always pulled the other keyboard and mouse off the desk when she ran under to hide at my feet).

It feels good. It also feels wierd. It'll be interesting to see how it affects my writing pace. But - as luck would have it, I received my line edits for my January release, DOES SHE DARE? so I'll test it out on those. Kinda like carrying the good mojo forward hahahah.

So how about you? Do you ladies have any superstitions when it comes to projects or writing? I'd love to hear them. Especially if changing any of them worked LOL.