Tuesday, April 23, 2013

New Ideas


So I’ve been tossing around a new story idea lately.  It just popped up, I’m not sure how or what inspired it, but it’s been lightly scratching at my imagination and I’m thinking of maybe pursuing it as a new book.  What are your thoughts on a Western?  I have a title.  Not necessarily for this story idea, but a title I’ve been wanting to use as a book title for a while and I think maybe, maybe it would fit this.  There aren’t too many westerns out there, are there?  Not YA or Adult Contemporary.  I dunno, I’m thinking of a Western…

Which is ridiculous, because I have probably about five projects currently sitting on my computer either a third written or at least with a brief synopsis, not to mention the final book of the Arèthane series.  But sometimes it helps – starting something new – to get back into a book I’m working on.  Still.  I think a Western could be fun. 

What’s something you would love to read about?  A story you’re hungry for, but haven’t seen on the shelves yet.  Or maybe you pick up a book thinking it will be what you’re wanting and it falls short.  Is that an odd question?  What kind of story do you want to read?  It may be hard to know; you don’t know what you want until you want it, right?  But that’s how I first got into writing.  I was reading a lot of books that weren’t going the way I wanted them to go.  My imagination was sort of auto-filling the plot ahead of time and when the story didn’t go that way, I was disappointed.  So I decided I had a way to control the story.  I could write what I wanted to write.  In theory, that is.  Then I learned that sometimes the story takes its own path, and I found myself mad-face, scowling at my computer screen.  But ultimately, I had control and was satisfied at the end in a way that I couldn’t get from most books.  I could make Jarrad the kind of hero I wanted to cheer for, Emily the protagonist whose mind I wanted to be in.  I could avoid the indecision, unneccesary obstacles, overdone love-triangles.

So it made me curious if other readers felt that and if so, what kind of story do you want to read that you haven’t yet?  It could be a fun exercise, a novel we all write together or it could be a complete disaster. 

Sound off in the comments; I truly want to know what you all have to say.  I know there are much more of you lurking on the site and so few that comment, so speak out.  I’ll speak back.

Best,
Kelly

6 comments:

  1. I could go for a Western... I don't know if I've ever read one. My Gramma really likes Louis L'Amour - those are westerns, right? And what is the title? Now I'm curious... oh and you really need to get back to writing the last Arethane book! I'm reading the Game of Thrones books now - I'm about halfway through the first one and there are lots of things that are pissing me off. At one point, I stopped and made Mike tell me what happened to one character. If he didn't tell me, I wasn't going to read any more because I was afraid someone I really liked was going to die way too soon. Ugh, authors are so frustrating!

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    1. HAH! I have read all the GoT books and, I was totally hooked until the most recent one. It just left more questions, which I think is the downfall of any epic series (Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan both fell into this trip IMHO). Don't fall in love with any of the characters from GoT, except maybe Tyrion.

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    2. I know, I know, I need to get back to writing. When things calm down, I can. I can also send you what new stuff I have so far.

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  2. Not the biggest fan of Western novels. I guess it would really depend. I think the thing that turns me off is that I know they would have gone days, if not weeks without bathing, especially in West Texas, NM, etc. I did love the Lonesome Dove series though, which I read after watching the mini-series years ago.

    However, I will read anything you write, you're that amazeballs.

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    1. Aw, why thank you! And I've had the same reservations about westerns myself. Like, you just know everyone's breath reeked back then.

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