Idea: A planet of talking cats. Novel name: Cat Fancy.
Pro: Would appeal to cats that enjoy reading novels
Con: Likely to get sued by owners of Cat Fancy magazine
Idea: A sequel to Moby Dick called Moby Duck. It features a duck.
Pro: Would appeal to giant white ducks and probably other ducks, too
Con: A bit niche without adding werewolves and/or vampires
Idea: Something intelligent and literary. You know, Booker Prize stuff.
Pro: A rich, nuanced story with lasting appeal that wins over critics and the book-buying public alike
Con: I could never write this
Idea: World of Warcraft fan fiction.
Pro: Even if only 1/10th of the WoW player base bought it, I’d be rich
Con: I could never finish writing this
Idea: Write something I know.
Pro: Material would have that ol’ ring of authenticity
Con: It would be WoW fan fiction. Or some schmuck trying to get a printer to work.
Idea: Something about parallel worlds.
Pro: I quite like the idea of parallel worlds/multiverse
Con: I tried this in 2013, lost a large chunk of my story and flamed out shortly after
This concludes my first force-myself-to-sit-down-and-brainstorm session. As brainstorms go, it was more of an intermittent drizzle but I still have sixteen days before the words need to start flowing so I’m at least several days from abject despair and/or panic.