National Novel Writing Month starts in two weeks and my current plan is non-existent. I’m still not entirely sure I’m going to participate.
This is probably not how best-selling novels are born.
Maybe I wouldn’t know how to handle the fame of being a best-selling author and it’s all for the best, anyway.
Or maybe I just need to come up with a title with the word “girl” in it. Current novels break down like this:
- Self-published paranormal romances on amazon: 22%
- The usual big names whose ebooks are always curiously priced higher than the paper versions: 31%
- Books with “girl” in the title: 36%
- Everything else: 11%
Most of the good novel titles featuring “girl” have already been used, since there are millions of these books out there, enough to form a new continent if stitched together and waterproofed.
But here’s a few from my five-second brainstorming session:
- The Girl Who Wrote Novels About Girls
- The Girl With the Word Girl on the Book Cover
- The Girl Who Dated a Squirrel
- The Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl
The important thing is I’m still trying to come up with something, even if inspiration has not only left me, it’s departed to another dimension.
Maybe I could write a novel about other dimensions. No, wait, I tried that last year and failed. 🙁
Maybe I’ll come up with more cockamamie ideas tomorrow as The Rains sweep through the area and the only choices are brainstorming or to stare out the window and despair. Yes, that’s it. Tomorrow will be a grand day of brainstorms! And real storms.
