I roughed out the synopsis for the suspense story I dreamed today, and having roughed it out made me realize just how solid it is, and how much I like it. It fits my core story to a T. My only real question is, how likely am I to consistently come up with more ideas like this? I’ve cooked up other suspense ideas, so it’s not a one-off. Which means if I write up a proposal or write it on spec in spare time and it sells, I could follow it up with another in the same vein.
If that seems like putting the cart before the horse, well, I’ve learned that long-term thinking is kind of the difference between selling books and building a career. Not that there’s anything wrong with one or the other, but since I want to build a career, I don’t want to get side-tracked with one-offs. I like action/suspense plots, though, and I think this contemporary suspense is a nice contrast to the paranormals I’m writing.
Now that I have the idea down, I’ll put it away until the werewolves have fought their way to happily ever after. But I like it, I really do. It’s juicy. It will not be St. Martin’s #5, because my editor and I already discussed that I’ll be doing another erotic paranormal after the werewolves, and this isn’t paranormal. But I’ll do something with it. If not this year, down the road.
That’s always a nice surprise. I’ve had those types of dreams, but they weren’t quite so fleshed out. *ggg* 😉
I’ve been dreaming in movies as long as I can remember. That’s where the one I think fits Shomi came from. *g* If only I had enough time to write all the ideas I have…