Kickstart Your Imagination

Some writers say they have a hard time coming up with ideas for books. I sometimes wish I had that problem because I have too many ideas!

I'm here to help. Here are some ideas from my clippings file that might kickstart your imagination.

The sky's the limit when it comes to imagination. Do a little research and look online for more information.

1. Doomsday Vault, the Gene Bank established in the Arctic Circle, so that life could be established after a nuclear war.

2. 18th century French pirate, The Buzzard, buried a treasure worth millions in a granite cave in the Seychelles. Treasure hunters still search for it. Oher hidden treasures in many countries are still being sought.

3. From 2002 newspaper clipping, "Small-time risk-takers reviving towns along the Mississippi River." About urban dwellers escaping the city and putting their big bundles of cash into old commercial buildings in small towns and succeeding in renewing the towns.

4.The Black Sun in Denmark: millions of starlings in flight. (SciFi premise. What's causing that?)

5. Underwater Waterfall in Mauritius. It's sand being sucked into the ocean. (SciFi, right?)

6. China's Dwarf Village. A small village where half of the inhabitants are dwarfs, and a local legend explains why.

7. The Mystery of Dorothy Eady. Definitely a reincarnation thriller.

8. The Kalachi Village Sleepers. Medical mystery? SciFi thriller? Paranormal thriller?

9. Lost Continents and/or Cities. Lots to select from here.

10. For good measure, there are the usual famous unsolved crimes of the world. Just a few include: Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden, The Black Dahlia, Zodiac killer, D. B. Cooper, Gardner Museum theft, the 1000+ women in Juarez, Mexico, who have been found raped, strangled, and dumped in the desert.

Takeaway Truth

Kindle your imagination by reading widely--books, magazines, articles--and by watching documentaries about esoteric subjects. You never know where you may find the big idea.