Ideas

As I was waiting in the McDonald's drive-thru line this afternoon, I was struck by an idea for a YA novel.

Aren't I working on several things already? Like 3 novellas and a paranormal suspense?

No matter, sayeth the Idea Fairy. This is a good idea, an idea which only you can write.

Shut up, I reply. I have enough ideas in progress. I'm having problems finishing any of them, you ADD-ish brain.

This is the 3rd such conversation I've had with my ADD-ish brain since Friday night. It just so happens the best ideas (well, I think they're good ideas) come to me at that moment when my conscious brain meets my unconscious brain. Ideas meld. Thoughts flicker. "Genius" takes over.

Friday night, I had 3 ideas hit me at once, all during this brain fade, all for YA novels. So I scramble for something to write with and on, hoping I can reproduce them in a few short words and that when I woke up, I'd remember them. Yesterday, I re-read my scribbles. I can only make out 1 of 3 and honestly, I have no idea what it means.

What did I just finish? A blurb for the YA novel I thought of in the McDonald's drive-thru. What am I itching to write? You guessed it....

My muse is a bitch!