This summer, I'm riding the wave of my demon mobsters WIP and loving every moment. It's set in the same world as Beauty and the Bastard, but with a whole new cast of characters. And, as always when I'm in the zone and writing like the wind, plot bunnies are coming thick and fast.
They don't bother me. I take them as a sign that my brain is firing on all cylinders, which has to be a good thing. So I don't resist the creativity. I just take a short break from the WIP (for me, it never needs more than a day) and empty my brain about the new idea into a new file. Once that's done, I close the file and return to my WIP. It works every time for me.
Three new websites loomed into my consciousness this week, all of which promise to be superb reservoirs of potential plot bunnies if ever my internal well runs dry.
First is the list site TopTenz. The list that attracted my attention is Top 10 Bizarre & Controversial Archeological Discoveries http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-archeological-discoveries.php . I had to drag myself away from that page before it forced me to take a more than temporary leave of my WIP.
Next comes The Retronaut, and this delicious photo series of London in February 1944, during the Blackout: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/
Finally, here is the hilarious Texts From Last Night, a new and guilty pleasure that threatens to become a serious timesuck: http://textsfromlastnight.com/
Three examples grabbed at random:
• Rode a jet ski for the first time three days after I lost my virginity. Hell of a week for my vagina.• That still doesn't explain why you thought it was a good idea to paint a cow on my guitar
• The police scanner is talking about you again…
Oh noes! I just spent another hour there. I have to stop doing that.
So, what do you do when the plot bunnies swarm? And where do you go if you want to find more of them?
Blurb:
Saul the Bastard is a fallen angel who works as a bounty hunter for powerful urban demon families. Rebecca Drake, a modern day demon princess, is being hunted by dangerous desert demons. When Rebecca’s family hires Saul to protect her, they are both unhappy with the arrangement, but before long sparks fly as they try to resist their strong mutual attraction. For the first time in living memory, Saul has someone to love; someone he is scared of losing; someone the desert demons have marked to be their next sacrifice.
Bio:
David Bridger and his wife settled with their three daughters and two monstrous hounds in England's West Country after twenty years of ocean-based fun, during which he worked at various times as a lifeguard, a sailor, an intelligence gatherer and an investigator. He writes paranormal romance and urban fantasy.
