i never got that genre .... all i can think in terms of are grand, swooping ideas that will take years to do and, suicide and psychosis narrowly avoided, win me a pulitzer at 50.
since i'm sick of waiting around for all that fun, i've decided to take the million or so crazy, weird stories already floating around in my head and compile a short story collection.
for inspiration i just amazoned elizabeth gilbert's (eat, pray, love) first book, Pilgrims. google says: A superior collection of stories about women who are as tough as they look, though perhaps not quite as tough as they think they are.
exactly where i'm coming from, and since i've had a lot of people randomly tell me that eat, pray, love makes them think of my writing, seems like a great author to observe. so far, the stories kick ass, and i already have a list of about 10 stories i want to write.
i can't wait to assault my agent with more unsold, dubious ideas.
