{"id":2539,"date":"2008-09-13T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T00:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2008-09-13T00:01:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T00:01:58","slug":"ignoring-the-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/ignoring-the-obvious\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignoring the Obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-380.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2540\" title=\"shapeimage_1-3\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-380-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-380-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-380-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-380.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This drippy, gray morning &#8211; compliments of Hurricane Ike most likely &#8211; I walked right past the obvious. A spider spun sparkling web last night right outside the kitchen door. I passed it twice before noticing it.<\/p>\n<p>I missed the obvious at least once yesterday, too. I emailed our book proposal to my agent and got a nice note back from him. But he had\u00a0 a question: the attachment was titled \u201cSlick Creek Proposal,\u201d but the book title was \u201cWhat They Cannot See: A Gina Lindsey Mystery.\u201d So where, he wondered, did Slick Creek fit in?<\/p>\n<p>I could have kicked myself. When Ginger and I started writing the book, we called it \u201cSlick Creek\u201d because that\u2019s the town closest to the action. When we settled on the title \u201cWhat They Cannot See\u201d for the time being, (since \u201cMurder at Slick Creek\u201d sounded a little to Nancy Drew) I never changed the document name. And when it was time to send it to my agent, I ignored the obvious confusion the two different titles would cause for someone unfamiliar with the book.<\/p>\n<p>How often does this sort of thing happen? Too often. I\u2019d like to change that. For a few days the spider web will remind me to stop ignoring the obvious and pay attention to reality. But eventually, the web will disappear and the veneer of routine and habit will blind me again.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to slip back into blindness. I don\u2019t want to stumble around and make insensitive mistakes. I don\u2019t want to look past the beauty of the obvious and ordinary. I don\u2019t want to discount the perspectives of other people. I don\u2019t want to forget how to live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This drippy, gray morning &#8211; compliments of Hurricane Ike most likely &#8211; I walked right past the obvious. A spider spun sparkling web last night right outside the kitchen door. 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