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posted by [personal profile] ebonypearl at 08:32pm on 29/06/2009

On the way to work today, I had what I think was a good, solid story idea; one that really got my fingers itching.

Then a traffic snarl took all my attention. When I had time to both recall the story and write it down - I'd forgotten everything except that I'd had this great idea.

Only maybe it wasn't such a good idea. If it had been good, wouldn't I remember at least some of it?

On the plus side, though, I wrote a new TwitterTale.

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posted by [identity profile] dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com at 01:38am on 30/06/2009
It may not be your focus, but, there's a twitter market for horror stories.

If you have one bend that way, you might want to try it out there: http://twitter.com/tweetthemeat
 
posted by [identity profile] ebonypearl.livejournal.com at 02:56am on 30/06/2009
I'm not a horror writer, not even dark fantasy. SF, fantasy, myth, paranormal romance...but I don't have the bent for horror. I will, however, pass this on.
 
posted by [identity profile] dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com at 03:08am on 30/06/2009
I wasn't sure how broad your fiction spectrum was. I'm glad to have given you something to pass along though. :)
 
posted by [identity profile] dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com at 03:38am on 30/06/2009
Here's an SF one: http://thaumatrope.greententacles.com/submissions/
 
posted by [identity profile] ebonypearl.livejournal.com at 10:36pm on 30/06/2009
I've been submitting to them and getting rejected on a regular basis. I haven't figured out exactly what they're looking for yet.
 
posted by [identity profile] wisdomofmoo.livejournal.com at 01:50am on 30/06/2009
I had the exact same thing happen to me on Friday. I woke up from a dream that I remember would have made a fantastic story . . but by the time I got to pen and paper, I'd lost all of it.
 
posted by [identity profile] ebonypearl.livejournal.com at 02:57am on 30/06/2009
Sucks, doesn't it?
 
posted by [identity profile] madwriter.livejournal.com at 04:32pm on 30/06/2009
Alas, that's all too common, for great ideas and otherwise. After having a few ideas burned out of my head in a similar fashion I will now right stuff down on receipts in my wallet if I have to.
 
posted by [identity profile] ebonypearl.livejournal.com at 10:37pm on 30/06/2009
Yeah, that's what I usually do, but driving is not a situation where I can pause and scribble.

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