Lost and Found

[ebonypearl]

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.

Comments

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

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

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

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.

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure how broad your fiction spectrum was. I'm glad to have given you something to pass along though. :)

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

Here's an SF one: http://thaumatrope.greententacles.com/submissions/

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

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.

[wisdomofmoo.livejournal.com]

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.

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

Sucks, doesn't it?

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

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.

[ebonypearl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I usually do, but driving is not a situation where I can pause and scribble.