Having a relaxing weekend in Kansas City celebrating my birthday, just as I needed. Now in a coffeehouse on the south Plaza, typing this and drinking coffee and trying to come up with good ideas for writing.
The computer issue was a ID-10-T error (look at what that spells carefully); it was my dongle for the mouse rather than the USB port itself. But what the heck, it got me down here for a birthday celebration.
I'm feeling really frustrated with ideas of what to write, however. I just finished a short story called "God's Broken Promise" which was based on an experience I had. Richard keeps suggesting characters -- a guitar-shredding Buddhist monk, a woman with a pack of cats -- but I can't find the stories there. I guess I don't start with characters like I thought I did. I start with plot, run with theme, and then the characters make themselves known.
So what do I want to write about? I want to write short stories with twist endings -- shocking or satisfying or dramatic or silly. (I haven't written enough silly stuff lately). I want to write novels again (although I'm about to embark in another dev edit).
I need ideas that grab me.
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