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What is something that you think you would like to write a book about?

Posted - June 14, 2020

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  • 4624
    Kikkuli - a horseman who lived around 1345 BCE, who betrayed his country (Mitannia) to the Hittites.

    Holley - the 13th son of an impoverished Salvation Army father, who became a composer, trumpet player and conductor.

    My parents' lives and how they met in a bohemian artists' colony, and the consequences of their choices for each other.

    The Permaculture Institute - how it started with great green ideals but failed due to social & psychological dysfunction.

    The Hermes Group - a secretive cult that takes over a village - how its practices are discovered and how it eventually dies out with a whimper.

    A crime sleuthing mystery set in the endurance riding scene of the Aussie bush, with obscenely wealthy Arabs trying to buy the best horses.

    A modern day King Lear story dealing with the problems of dementia, greedy adult children and the aged care system.


    (There are four others in the pipeline. At 63, I have no idea whether I'll ever get them all written.)


    This post was edited by inky at June 18, 2020 1:14 AM MDT
      June 14, 2020 11:28 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Lots of interesting ideas anyway! 
      June 15, 2020 6:19 AM MDT
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  • 4
    Food
      June 15, 2020 1:19 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Bon apetite!
      June 15, 2020 6:23 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    I don't have the patience to marshal the attention it would take to write a book.
      June 15, 2020 11:46 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Yeah.. I can write short stories but don't think I could manage doing a whole book. 
      June 15, 2020 12:07 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I'm not sure I could even write a short story.  
      June 15, 2020 12:16 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Toast.
      June 15, 2020 1:48 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i wouldnt since im no good at writing
      June 21, 2020 1:56 PM MDT
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  • 182
    Someday I'm going to write
    The story of my life
    I'll tell about the night we met
    And how my heart can't forget
    The way you smiled at me

    - Marty Robbins
      August 20, 2020 10:01 AM MDT
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