I’m in the lull between short story ideas. I looked at my idea file because all the how-to-be-a-writer things I’ve read always said to keep a journal to scribble down ideas. Well, I don’t do that because I don’t have the wherewithal to carry a journal and a writing implement around with me (ditto a more info-age implement like a smart phone, because I don’t have one, and even if I did, it would likely be like my cellphone and I don’t take my cellphone everywhere with me, only on about 12.5439% of all trips outside the house).
So I look at my file. But if these were really contagious ideas, wouldn’t I have used them earlier? Who knows what I even mean half the time?
I’m off to think of new ideas.