It's been a long winter filled with long work hours, amongst other things, and very little writing in between. Hopefully this post will spark a resurgence in creativity.
I've begun collecting ideas for a book of short stories. Right now there are just titles with vague concepts. See below.
Walking with the Living, Sleeping with the Dead - just heard someone say this in the office and found the phrase fascinating. I don't know if it has any real meaning but I'm sure it can be put to use. This could used for an obvious vampire story, or something a bit more philosophical, maybe a story of a family dealing with the recent death of someone close.
Saving Fish from Drowning - this came from a ted talk (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity.html) by Amy Tan and she mentioned this phrase as a part of a Burmese folk tale. She already used it as a title for one of her books but I think it could still be used as a short story, if not as the title than as a central theme.
Cadillacs and Rose Milk - been starting and stopping on this story. The title phrase came to me one day and I just thought it sounded beautiful and romantic. The story I started writing is not as beautiful or romantic; it became a prequel, of sorts, to another unfinished story but I didn't like where it was headed so I stopped. I keep trying to revitalize it but I'm thinking I'll have to start over. I don't mind the idea of a prequel but I just didn't appreciate where the current story was going.
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