Everyone needs a writing wish list!
It’s like a Dear Santa wish list only about books I would like to write one day. Eventually. (In a well ordered universe where I could steal time and motivation and inspiration and write all day.) Kara @ Diary of a Teen Writer started this wishy trend. She is clearly a genius (Emily too!) and I just had to make my own wish list.
I have a lot of ideas for books I want to write. Ideas are everywhere! I cook toast – I get an idea. I go for a walk – a get a new idea. I read a super epic book – and get a book idea. It’s ridiculous and impossible, but yes, I would like to write all of these.
Am I serious about any of these?
1. Retelling of the Ginger Bread Man
Wouldn’t this be terrifying?! I have this insanely delicious (har, har, pun intended) idea of warming up this old cookie dough fairy tale and turning it into an epic battle of cannibalistic monsters. Details? Ha. I have no details.
Don’t be ridiculous.
2. Retelling of Oliver Twist…with zombies.
You know that that famous line? It just begs to be zombied: “Please sir, I want some more…brains.” Unfortunately everyone I know is so down on zombies. I would have no readers. It’s makes me sad.
But a little brain eating Oliver will happen one day, just you wait and see.
3. Retelling of Australian convicts…in space
I know these are all retellings so far, but I do promise you that I have some (semi) original ideas coming up! But seriously, pause with me for a moment and think about this. You know how in England in the 1700s they sent people to jail for stealing, like, a handkerchief? And if they didn’t hang them, they sent them to Australia. (Hello. I live in a nice place.) WELL. What if it happened again, but they sent criminals to space?!
It’s too awesome. I actually have a pinterest board for this one.
4. A story about Icy Dragons
Sure some dragons breathe fire, but what if they breathed ice?! It would be the ultimate scaly Let It Go. And I would set it in Japan and play off the mythology of water lizards.
I mean, dragon.
5. A middle-grade book
With the YA market being so flooded, I’ve heard (from several sources) that writing an MG book is incredibly wise and may help get a foot in the proverbial door of publishing houses, fine cheese, and fame. I like a challenge right?! I also adore cheese.*
So far I’ve attempted numerous MG ideas. All of which have escalated to limbs being chopped off or kids being hit with cars.
I am not good at Middle Grade. But will I give up?! NO.
* To be honest, cheese has nothing to do with this. I’m just thinking about it and wanting to eat some.
6. An epically long paranormal series
I wrote a series once! It had 6.5 books and it was freakishly awesome if I do say so myself. Hey, don’t look at me like that! One must pause in life and celebrate fabulousness occasionally.* SO. I would like to write another long series where I get to delve deep into the same characters. Instead of epic fantasy (like last time) I want something paranormal. Dragons or angels or trolls or shapeshifters. I’m flexible.
* I am joking by the way. I am very very critical of my own books.
7. A crime or heist book
I’m hesitantly plotting one as we speak, but I have this problem: I haven’t committed any large felonies and I lack experience.* SO. I’ll just rewatch Ocean’s Eleven and a few hundred episodes of Leverage and then steal a painting.** I just really want to write a book about stealing! Something. Anything.
* This is actually a good thing. The worst crimes I commit are overdue library books.
** Why does everyone always want to steal paintings?? I would steal chocolate and giftcards and maybe curtains because curtains can be quite expensive.
8. A fluffy contemporary
I suck at writing fluff. I s
uck at writing happiness where no one dies (or at the very least no one loses a limb). But, as happens with all things I can’t do, I really really want to try this and succeed. How hard can it be to write a romantic happily-ever-after piece of potato pie?!
9. A murder mystery
Because I think everyone wants to write a good murder mystery at some point in their writing career, right?! I have a specific one in mind involving twins and one is murdered and the other covers it up by pretending to be both twins at once. Sounds exhausting. And would need, like, a plot and reasons.
10. A book about lists and sticky-notes
This has nothing to do with the fact that I, too, love lists and sticky-notes. Nope. Nothing at all…
Okay, I totally lied. Of course I want to write about lists because I am totally obsessed with lists! If the book was about someone who lost their memory all the time and lived in a house papered with sticky-notes to combat this — that would be great to write.
Of course, I could wait and write this as my autobiography. So we’ll see.
so, authors! do you have a list of books you’d like to write someday?! tell meeeee! weird or crazy or awesome, let it rip in the comments. (also feel free to tell me which of my 10 needs my attention asap.)
Cait literally has hundreds of books she wishes to write. She has documents with lists of them (just a sentence or two) like the story where a kid is raised by ghosts or a book where the stickiness of glitter is utilised as a war weapon. Currently she’s (still) reading WICKED.
Yes to ALLLLLLL OF THIS! I need every single one of these in my life like NOW! You better get writing, sista!
Amanda P. recently posted…Review: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
*salutes* My goal for 2015 is to find Time, steal it and then eat it all.
I MUST DO THIS WISHLIST ON MY BLOG! I don’t think I’ve said anything about me being an obsessive writer as well as a massive booknut on my blog…SO THIS A GOOD EXCUSE. THANK YOU CAIT! *squashes hug you* <33
I WOULD READ ANYTHING, ANYTHING ON THIS LIST! Seriously, they all sound amazing and I want them NOW! Especially that Gingerbread Man one and the sticky notes one.! I couldn’t agree more on we need to start rewriting not so well known fairtales and OH STICKY NOTES HOW I LOVE YOU. Seriously my one true love in life!
I to, have far to many ideas in my head. *heavy sigh* Sometimes I feel like my brain’s going to explode BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY AND DREAM AND SCRIBBLE AND MASH (mash is a frabjous word, although I’m not sure why I’m using it here) THAT MY BRAIN JUST DOES A BLOOFFUIGJSBSABOOOOPPPIGJMMOOIUSSEOUOOMPHSZZDSSASDGFD AND BLOWS UP. -_-
I’m off now to stalk those rather wonderful pinterest boards 😉
Ella @ Once Upon a Bookish Time recently posted…‘Bout This Blogger Tag
YES YOU SHOULD TOTALLY DO THIS. JUST LINK IT BACK TO KARA BECAUSE IT'S HER AMAZING IDEA. She deserves credit for her awesomeness. hehe. *sits on you and squashes hugs you back*Oooh, that makes me smile rather pleasedly. xD I'm glad you like my list. But sticky-notes FTW, right?! They are amazing. They are the best creation of the world. Especially rainbow ones. Cinderella has been done ENOUGH. I want to see more of the obscure ones!! They are so awesome and totally underrated. *nods* My brain feels like it's going to explode half the time too. WAH. The trials we writers go through. AH BUT WE LOVES IT.
First of all can you stop taking awesome photos for your posts and making the rest of us look bad? Thanks.
YOU NEED TO WRITE THE GINGERBREAD MAN RETELLING BOOK RIGHT NOW. I want it. Cannibals are awesome. Fictional ones. Not real ones. Real ones suck.
Also can you get on the murder mystery with the twins and the icy dragons too? Cheers. I’ll just be over here waiting.
Charlotte @ Books and Baby etc. recently posted…Depression: Learning to cope – Part Four
SQUEEEE. THIS MAKES ME HAPPY. XD I want to be a good photographer so so bad!! I'm trying to get my older sister to teach me, but unfortunately I am also her babysitter. SO. That complicates things if we want to hang out sans small Tornadoes. -_-Cannibals in real life totally suck. They are not to be commended. IN BOOKS = DIFFERENT STORY THO.
So um. I want to read all of these. But particularly the Gingerbread Man one!!! HOW AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?? Retellings are so trendy right now. And icy dragons yes please.
Also, I speak from experience: fluffy contemporaries are so much fun to write.
Good luck with these. I think you might need it 😛
Emily @ The Loony Teen Writer recently posted…While I’m In England
I knoooow right?!! I like your ideas of redoing ballets too! MORE BALLETS. We've had enough Cinderella and Little Mermaid. We want obsure and underrated fairy tale retellings…like CANNIBALISM. *coughs* I don't actually even know how that would play out. But it would bet terrifying for sure. *takes luck because definitely needs it*
Oh my goodness, I’d LOVE to read your re-telling of the gingerbread man! It sounds so twisted, dark, and just a great read during winter! Cannibalism!? That’s crazy good! I’ve seen movies where there are cannibals involved, but never in books (zombies don’t count lol). I’d also love to read murder mysteries. Those are always the best because I could fly through books like that since I just want to know how it ends.
Dark and twisted is my faaaavourite to write. BUT WOULDN\’T IT BE SO TERRIFYING?! *gulps*
I love this post so much. And I’d be your first reader if you ever decide to write that icy dragon story. That sounds AWESOME. And also the story about sticky-notes and lists, because you can’t go through life without sticky-notes and lists.
I, too, have a document with lots of story ideas. For some reason though I’m extremely paranoid about posting stuff like that on the interwebs, because I’m anxious about people stealing them. >.>
Inge @ Bookshelf Reflections recently posted…The Grinch’s Christmas Giveaway: Day 22
NO ONE can survive life without sticky notes of lists. No one. It is impossible.
Aw, I understand. Stealing is kind of scary…but in all honesty, I think most people aren\’t too devious like that PLUS what\’s really the chance of someone getting famous on your idea in a heartbeat? *shrugs* BUT SERIOUSLY I\’m not pressuring you into sharing your ideas! I DO UNDERSTAND. XD
I can’t write middle grade either! I used to think, “ooh, I want to write for kids” and now I realise how much you can’t do in kids books and avoid it.
The ice dragon one sounds good- Japanese myths are fun! Also, different, since Classical, Eygptian and Norse have all been done.
I’m rewriting/editing something fluffy at the minute and it is awesome (as in awesome fun, not awesome good).
I want to write something related to mythology because I love it. I want to write something with a mute character who has her own made-up sign language (this was originally in my fluffy one, but I cut her because she had no purpose- sad day). I want to write epic death scenes (I love them! *Rubs hands together and cackles manically*). I also want to write page upon page of snarky banter (who am I kidding, I do this anyway). 😉
Writing for kids is haaaard. It\’s not that I want to dumb down my writing, it\’s just that I tend to think in levels of mass destruction. And yeah, I do humour, but…more destruction than humour. >_< MY BAD. heh.
I need to study up on Japanese myths though, so I don\'t embarrass myself. STILL. I AM QUITE KEEN FOR THAT ONE.
Mythology is so so awesome. I hear ya with the death scenes though. I feel like a book isn\'t complete without, you know, some dire calamity.
I think the retelling of the gingerbread man is probably my favourite idea orrrrr the long paranormal series. Ever since I was younger I always wanted to write a story about a polar bear (random I know) and I have no idea what it would be about! All I can picture is a polar bear under a waterfall haha. Also want to write lots of different psychological books (i.e. is it real? is it not? am I dreaming?). I have started so many crazy writing ideas that I should probably only keep to myself haha. x
Angelica recently posted…Depression at Christmas
OOHH YAY! This makes me quite happy! I seriously told it to my sister and she ran away screaming. *sigh*
Polar bear! NICE. Hey the Golden Compass got away with writing a book around a polar bear. 😉
They all sound like excellent ideas! ‘Tis a shame that the world we live in has not yet encountered a time in which we can just write forever…
Please write more books about death. It makes me feel not so alone. You have to kill of at least 3 characters per book. Why else would it be called a book?
ponymad2booklover recently posted…How to cheer up at Christmas
Dude, YES. Why is this?!! Why do we not have time machines and unlimited inspiration? IT\’S 2014 ALREADY, DANGIT. hehe. 😉
I love this post. I saw the original on Kara’s Diary Of A Teen Writer website and thought ‘I must get round to that (in the next one million years)’.
#2… in all honesty, I’m also tired of zombies. I never liked them much to begin with though so maybe that’s not saying much! My friend got me the book pride and prejudice and zombies, and I don’t liiiiiiike iiiiiiit =( I’m sure you’d make O-lobe-er Twist very funny though, Cait. (see what I did there.) Oh icy dragons are more popular than you think! Also George R.R. Martin had a release of his novella The Ice Dragon out this month. It’s a super short book so it would be a snack for you.
Number 9 sounds amazing! I LOVE that idea. YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY commence work on it after TDBatPC e_e This was such an interesting post. (I should really get round to doing it!)
Ashana Lian . recently posted…Art: Diversifying Fantasy Archetypes (including Afro Fantasy)
I knoooow how you feel. So many posts. WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT NEXT?!! x) Still I seriously hope you do this one because it\’s so fun!! Kara should\’ve made it a linkup, right?!
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. And that\’s fair enough about the zombies! At least you tried them. My sister throws things at me and runs screaming when I suggest it. I just lost my #1 beta reader. *sigh* ooh, I did not know that about George RR Martin. But then. Erp. I haven\’t read anything by him yet. >.> My bad.
Okay I will DEFINATELY do it after Chrizmoz. O_O At the moment, delicious smelling food is distracting me. The Ice Dragon was (mostly) well done, it’s just parts of it niggled and naggled at me. And it’s a very short book. My heart leapt when I opened it to see h u g e f o n t ._. (Merry Christmas!)
Ashana Lian . recently posted…Get Your Geek On! Amazing Pinafores By Darling Army + Interview With The Creator!
Wow I love all of these ideas! And this is such a great tag/Wishlist idea because it makes you actually write down your ideas…. Usually mine swim around in my head for a very long time until I either use them or they’re replaced by some new equally strange idea.
Lara recently posted…December, 2014 || An Early Wrap-Up And Short Haitus
It does! I sometimes write them down on sticky notes on my walls anyhow…but this makes them seem more…real?! Or something! hehe.
This is a fabulous list. A retelling of the gingerbread man? That would be so awesome because I have never read any book length retellings of it. No one really thinks of it, you know?
Ooh, and yes, to icy dragons. It would be like the witch in Narnia meets Elsa in Frozen meets Smaug in The Hobbit. Except I guess I shouldn’t say anything because I haven’t seen Frozen yet. Can you believe that?
I want middle grade to be my primary audience, and I think it is right now. Actually, I think the age divide in my books is a little bit fuzzy and they seem suitable for both MG and YA readers, though they lean more towards MG.
I want to write a mystery, too, but maybe not a murder mystery because I might scare myself. And writing a good mystery is hard to pull off. It’s also hard to pull off a good historical. Which is why I am crazy for coming up with an idea for a historical mystery.
And I want to write a list book, too. List books are entertaining. Great list, Cait!
Ana @ Butterflies of the Imagination recently posted…2015 Discussion Challenge
I haven\’t read any Gingerbread man retellings either! Because it\’s so weird to retell?! I DON\’T KNOW. But I wish more of the obscure fairy tales were retold. *nods*
Whyyyy haven\’t you seen Frozen?! IT IS AMAZING. But hehe, I love your comparison there. TOTALLY. Smaug sings Let it Go. <– Totally that.
Cait I bet you would find a way to make all of these happen or even better – incorporate them into one book! I mean gingerbread men can be in the same books as dragons like Shrek right? But seriously why are all the dragon books about fire dragons and not icy ones? And convicts in space, hahaha that is hilarious! Love your work.
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence recently posted…Giveaway & Review: Symbiont by Mira Grant
YAAAY ONE BOOK!! It could be like an Icy Gingerbread Man Zombified middle-grade book with a bit of fluffy happiness where they steal curtains and giftcards… SET IN SPACE. *nods*
BUT CAIT! WHAT IF BY A.J.PINE HAS A LEAD LADY WHO USES STICKY NOTES TO REMEMBER. It’s NA like, so probably not your thing, but she has notes everywhere, needs to remember things ALL THE TIME. It’s so well done, but I’d love to see yours too! These are some fabulous ideas Cait, I like the fluffy one, the mystery one – basically I LOVE THEM ALL SHARE THEM WITH ME. *cough* You are fabulous dear.
Amanda @ Beautiful Bookish Butterflies recently posted…I Unveil My Secret Project.. WINTER HIATUS!
omg. I need to check that out regardless just in case I accidentally copy!! THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THOUGH. XD
A Gingerbread Man retelling? Now that is something I’m interested in seeing… 😉
And murder mysteries are clearly the best. Although it’s probably twice was hard writing them as it is reading them (which is saying something because murder mysteries take an immense amount of brain power to read 😉 ), but I suppose I’ll need you to testify to that.
Although, honestly, I’d probably read anything you write. 😉
Zoe @ Stories on Stage recently posted…All the Bright Places
YAY. I have people who are interested!! I will tell my family they\’ve been grossly out-voted about my fabulousness. *nods* x)
Oh I can\’t even begin to think how I\’d ever pull of a good murder mystery after reading Abigail Haas. 0.0 Hers were so PERFECT. ERk.
EEEP! I LOVE THIS WISHLIST THING! I had already planned to do something like this on my blog…and I shall. Though Christmas is fast approaching so I gotta be quick… Anyways. ALL THESE BOOKS NEED TO HAPPEN BUT ESPECIALLY #4!!! I LOVE DRAGONS SO IT MUST HAPPEN!! Like seriously though…in the New Years I will be attempting a novel with very unique dragons and it shall be wonderful! And I’m sure yours will too!! (We must chat about our dragon stories or other novels sometime)
Adriana Gabrielle recently posted…Christmas Tag
I knoooow. It\’s like Christmas TOMORROW NOW!! FAJSKDL Very scary. XD I adore dragons, but then I haven\’t really read enough SO! It\’s like my 2015 goal to read more dragonish books. xD Oohhh, dragon chats! YAY!
There are some that I would really gladly read if they existed :).
I like the Australian convicts in space the best. Or heist and murder one. And the one with notes. Because that topic can surprisingly have great moments. Dragons are always fun also.
Some reminded me of some movies that can maybe give you some more inspiration (if they haven’t already and you have seen some of them for sure). It is on top of my head, in this moment. There are probably hundreds more.
For #3 – There is a movie about a prison in space, that’s not that great, as a movie, but who know’s – Lockout.
For #7 – You could also watch a bunch of old (or not that old) con movies. I can garantee you if you choose wisely you will have fun and their greatness is… There are great. Like The Sting. Or The Italian job(not the remake).
Or A fish called Wanda (but this one does require liking that kind of humor, but you can always find out if you do :). These are all very different movies, do not expect similarities. I have a few more in my mind, but those are Tarantino, Guy Ritchie’s movies and I’m not sure you want to go that way..
#9 – I remembered a movie about twin sisters, and one of them dies in the car crash (that there are both in) and the girl that survives starts pretending she’s her sister. It is not the same, and the movie is not a master-piece (but I did enjoy it at least a little) – The Pretty One.
#10 – Memento. If you haven’t watch this, you do have to, even if you give up the book idea..
I think I’m done :). If you watch some of these, I hope you enjoy and that they do give you some more ideas.
Ooh, this is all very interesting. I want to check out Lockout! And *blushes and hides* I actually love the Italian Job remake. I HAVEN\’T EVEN SEEN THE ORIGINAL. Is that bad?!! XD I love all those heist movies and I\’ve watched 3 seasons of Leverage, heh.
I just watched the trailer for Memento. Oohhh, I see what you mean. XD I\’m pretty extra sure I won\’t copy that though. lol But good point to check up on these!
I’d love to read the Ice Dragon books! I mean, dragons are super cool and a COOL cool dragon would be cool squared! And this sentence makes totally sense. *nods convinced*
Nadja recently posted…Songday – Christmas Songs
AFJLKDASF I AM SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT. I just know that I have such a wacky imagination what makes me grin might not make other people….but this is encouraging. x)
Wow. You have some snazzy ideas there. This was a great idea for a blog post.
I’m intrigued by MG books as well, although I had never heard that tip before.
It is a good tip. I have it from reputable sources in the publishing world. 😉
I love these, Cait. You might remember I made a similar post not SO long ago (I say that, but it’s probably a while in blogging terms :P). I always have new ideas. Drives me crazy.
“I think everyone wants to write a good murder mystery at some point in their writing career, right?” Right, totally. Though, mine was at the start of my writing career. Currently editing…
I love #4. I’ve recently got into Japan-set fiction/aesthetic (one of my CPs is editing a Steampunk book with Asian MCs). Would be great to see ice dragons, too. Oh, I do love dragons.
Ooh, I don\’t remember. I\’m sorry. :\'(
I have so many new ideas too!! WE ARE IDEAS MACHINES!! HUZZAH! Ohh, yay for murder mysteries too!! There\’s something very intriguing about them…okay, okay I\’m so not a sociopath. BUT THEY ARE STILL INTERESTING.
(For some reason, I’m not receiving notifications/emails when you reply to my comments. 🙁 Ideas? I’m not sure if there’s a box I’ve not checked or something, lol.)
Tehe, everybody has a bit of sociopathy in them. 😉
Alexandrina Brant recently posted…Alex’s Writing [Steampunk] Wishlist
Oh dang. I have no idea. I have it set automatically in the settings for you to get notifications…but I'll check that it's on right. 😐
I love all of these! I hope I’ll be able to read these someday 🙂 This is a fun idea, I might do it too!
Michelle recently posted…Bookish Goals 2015: Classics On My Shelves
I hope I\’ll be able to write them someday! XD
Oh my gosh I would love a retelling of Austrailian convicts but in space! There’s so much you could do with it (and make it sound superb)…plus, it’d be in space! SPACE! (Space, my dear, is awesomesauce and don’t no one tell you any different)
Also the middle-grade book. I love children’s lit to bits (and sometimes there are MG books that seem like they should be YA so go for it!) I love how you write gruesomeness into your books (because cannibalism, zombies, and limbs getting hacked off makes for a juicy story) go as wild as you want to go Cait! (I’m confident that wildness = super entertainment…you could be the Superwoman of all books…ever!)
Hmm…crazy wacky ideas? I have a list of 15 ideas that I want to write (16 if you count the small idea in my head)…but I, as of yet, don’t have any crazy or wacky ideas – apart from a team of people going up to Mt Kilimanjaro to rescue someone, but find a vampire and a werewolf tag along as well as some other bizarre people…it’s funny, but it’s also sort of road trip-y (they have a van) and the team of people are called The Wife Saviours Team…I love writing funny, but I haven’t done so for a very, very long time!
Mawa Mahima recently posted…This Week of Wordiness: A Week of Lasts
SPACE IS FUN. Although I will never be able to pull of hardcore sci-fi. But space opera? I can do zat. <– Sorry couldn\'t help myself with a bit of Checkov there. XD XD
Your Kilimanjaro idea sounds coooool. Like seriously, I would read that. xD
WOW, WOW, WOW!!! Sorry. What I meant was, all of these ideas sound absolutely fabulous. Like, if I had these ideas, I’d be scared to share them, for fear of some famous author trying to steal them and making them into New York Bestsellers first. (or whatever you have in Australia) XD Jk, and speaking of thievery, your comment about stealing chocolate and curtains cracked me up. I’ve actually considered what I would steal if I were a thief, and I’ve always thought, why not take a bar of chocolate or three? It’s kind of a weird thing to think about, but writers are allowed to think up weird things. Ohmygosh, the ice/water dragons novel sounds Awesome with a capital A.
And the twins murder mystery. I want to read that really badly too! It’s like Cain and Abel with an extra creepy twist. Honestly, I think you should write them all. I’d love to read the book about lists and sticky notes. Actually, that could be quite cool, and very unusual. Like a bestseller…
Best of luck, and I want to read them all!
~Lizzy
Elizabeth Anne D. recently posted…Books That Changed My Life 2014
Awww, thanks, Elizabeth! THIS IS THE NICEST COMMENT.
I really don\’t think authors troll around the internet stealing newbie authors ideas. So I\’m pretty okay with this. 😉 Besides all ideas have been done. It\’s the execution that makes them mine, right?!
WRITERS TOTALLY ARE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS. It\’s for research. *nods*
Ohhh, my GAWSH. I didn\’t think of that, but yes, that twins story could be kind of a twist on Cain and Abel. 0.0
I WANT THE 3RD ONE. I WANT IT NOW. CAAAAIIIITTTT. *flails* I would read the heck out of that. Seriously. Get on it. xD
I really just have several ideas floating about right now:
1. Epic world-travel bucket-list-fulfilling steampunk with card magicians and delicious food
2. Deliciously bloody and gritty gladiator fantasy told from the POV of someone who trains the hero and simultaneously slowly becomes the antagonist (I’m writing this on in spring, I think.)
3. DYSTOPIA IN SOUTH AMERICA. I have no ideas for this other than this but it sounds awesome.
I probably had lots more ideas, but then you asked and they all flew out of my head, I guess. But anyway. THIS IS A MARVELOUS LIST. YOUR BRAIN IS A MARVELOUS THING. I want #3 especially and #7 because I ADORE Ocean’s Eleven and #9 because murder and twins seem like they fit well?
Aimee Meester recently posted…I Read Quite A Lot of Books This Year, and Some Deserve Mentions
DUDE. THOSE IDEAS THO. I WANT THEM ALL. Most specifically 3…buuuut, also 2. Villain origin stories are my FAVOURITE.
I do have a list…some of my favorites are a sci-fi set in the cold war where aliens abduct humans to prevent them from becoming extinct; and then there’s my Jack Frost and Peter Pan mash up with the Crocodile as a person, being all creepy and evil; I even have a couple ideas for contemporary romances (Which shocks me a lot), one about a girl who has a pen pal in Hawaii, and when her pen pal dies suddenly, the pen pal’s brother keeps writing to the girl, pretending to be his sister.
I kinda want to write a middle grade too…I guess my book A Ticket to Yonder is sort of middle grade.
And just curious…was the “in a well ordered universe…” perhaps referencing Since You’ve Been Gone?
Emma Clifton recently posted…An Exciting New Novella
Ooh, Jack Frost/Peter Pan?!! I CAN GET ONBOARD WITH THAT. And I also think the pen-pal idea would be seriously interesting!
Yessss. XD YOU GOT MY REFERENCE!!
CAIT, WE NEED THESE IN OUR LIVES. WRITE THEM. PLEASE.
I’m currently working on three contemporaries (well, I was, but then I hit writer’s block -.-) because I like writing cutesy love stories HOWEVER one of them does have death in (which should make you proud) so I guess it isn’t that cutesy . I also enjoy writing dystopian books and fantasy. I still remember trying to write a fantasy when I was 11 or 12 but then it got out of hand and a miniature schnauzer popped out of a seashell. Yup, I don’t know where that came from either.
I’ve never actually finished writing a book but ONE DAY I SHALL.
Kyra recently posted…Stacking the Shelves #72 – Otherwise known as the edition where I broke my library/requesting/buying ban.
Writers block sucks. It sucks a whole lot. Cutesy love stories aaaare kind of fun, but I confess to not being the biggest fan. But I do like FUNNY. I would like to read more funny fluffy books. xD So yes to writing one.
Oh gosh. Your imagination though. xD
These sound like such cool books! I’d be way interested in reading them: especially the Australia-space-convicts book. Just imagine how that would go. I could even see it starting to resemble Firefly with the space pirates deal… That would be fun. Yes! Write it!
Heather recently posted…End of Year Survey (2014)
I want to just reeeead the Australian/convicts/space one. XD I don\’t even know exactly what I\’d do with it, but I WANT TO READ IT. *sigh*
The convicts in space idea is brilliant. And I reeeeally want you to write a crime or heist book. I can recommend more shows for research, hehehe. (White Collar, White Collar, WHITE COLLAR) I haven’t read many heist books, which is a crying shame. Maybe heists translate better to the screen, but I don’t see why they wouldn’t work on page too.
Lydia recently posted…Christmas Tag
WHY THANK YOU, LYDIA. This makes me smile greatly. I\’M GOING TO WATCH WHITE COLLAR! I have 2 seasons of Leverage yet. Lots of stealing experience…erm, I mean…research. RESEARCH. Have you read Heist Society by Ally Carter? It transferred pretty well. But I agree…they make better movies.
All your books so sound so cool. I want to read your books. Will you just get published already.
My to-write list is something like this
Arthur’s Legend(This is my newest and came mostly from watching Merlin. It’s about a son Arthur never knew he had who fulfills the phrase so often heard in Arthurian legends that Arthur will return to his kingdom in it’s greatest need.)
Hotel City(a sort of scary dystopian//government take over that forces everyone to live in bio-domes.)
Criminal Princess(my Sleeping Beauty//Robin Hood cross over.)
Goth Girl(needs a new title but it’s about a girl who was possibly raped and had an abortion when she was about 14 and now she’s 16-17 and it’s ripping her life apart. Not to mention she’s been in numerous foster homes.)
Oceanus(Little Mermaid ish type thing except it has sea nymphs instead of mermaids and they’re being caught like fish and sold on the black market as pets and entertainment.)
Those are my mainest main ones but I always have ideas swirling in my head XD
Lisa Canfield recently posted…Christmas-y tag
I WANT TO READ ALL OF THEM BUT SPECIFICALLY CRIMINAL PRINCESS BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY KINDA BOOK.
GO WRITE THESE, LISA.
GO.
WHAT EVEN ARE YOU DOING? JUST GO WRITE THEM.
Yeah, you probably would love Criminal Princess. I’ll let you know when I start writing it XD
AND I AM WRITING BROKEN WING RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY THAT’S WHAT I’M DOING AND I ONLY WRITE ONE BOOK AT A TIME
PATIENCE GRASSHOPPER
Lisa Canfield recently posted…Biblical Submission
I UNDERSTAND. I only write one book at a time too. XD
I like that convicts in space one. It’s my favorite.
And, interestingly, I had the Gingerbread Man show up in the second book of the Bookania Quest. He was business partners with the Muffin Man. It was interesting.
I have a LOT of book ideas swirling through my head, not yet written, not yet begun. I have lots of books started, but they’re nothing compared to what hasn’t been finished. Some of them I really want to write. Others, they’re just books I’d like to see written. A few, I hope will never be anything but a thought in my brain. (They’re just … too weird)
Historical retelling of Sleeping Beauty with Henry the second as the prince. You know, the guy who was the dad of Richard and John, the pair with Robin Hood. Reasons? Henry had a secret mistress of sorts named Rosamund (which is a name associated with Sleeping Beauty), who some believe he’d actually married before Elanor came in and convinced him to marry her. It would be interesting.
Story set pre-flood. The pre-flood world fascinates me, but I haven’t read a single book that has captured it quite accurately. This’ll be an interesting book as well, including giants, dragons, and genetic experiments.
Silivock. This one has a title, and I’ve started it a few times, but haven’t gotten more than a few paragraphs. This is the story of a planet that has a vulcan-like people, and a completely-unlike-vulcan people, and how they learn to work together. And how they invented the computer. It’s sci-fi, and bound to be insane, and my sister’s breathing down my neck for me to get it written. I’ll possibly attempt it next year.
Sing, Aling. This one is a sequel of sorts to Silivock, takes place a couple thousand years later, and is a sci-fi retelling of Peter Pan. Aling, the name of the main character, means bell, and her favorite thing to do is to tinker with stuff. She’s also a outcast half-breed.
The Nutcracker’s Son. A sequel to the Nutcracker. Have I mentioned that I’m obsessed with those little wooden men before? Well, naturally, I need to write a sequel. It’ll be quite interesting, but I haven’t figured out what to name to prince yet …
Dreams of History. This is a historical fiction of sorts about a girl who can imagine herself back in time. The first book will be about Rhoda of the early church, and I have ideas for one set in the later days of rome, and one set during the Holocaust.
And there are more, but I’ve misplaced them at the moment.
Kendra E. Ardnek recently posted…Water Princess, Chapter 1
oh, my gosh. Rosamund is associated with Sleeping Beauty?! I know an author who does fairy tale retellings and her name is Rosamund. xD THAT IS SO COOL. Heh. The things you learn, right?!!
OH I LIKE YoUR IDEAS. I love Nutcracker! I think it\’s a totally under-appreciated tale. WRITE THAT ONE, PLEASE PLEASE. And a pre-flood story would rock too.I think the bible is full of endlessly awesome stories that could sort of be adapted…but then I wonder if that\’s sacrilegious or something. And I don\’t. >.> BUT I WOULD READ A PRE-FLOOD-HISTORICAL-FICTION IN A HEARTBEAT.
Yes, Rosamund is her name in the Grimm version of the tale, which is why I named her that in SEW, IT’S A QUEST. So, yeah, when I was reading a book about Henry the Second, and she came up, my brain immediately made the connection, and now it won’t go away.
And I think it really depends on the retelling how sacrilegious it is. I actually have two other BiHiFi’s rolling around in my head, one about Moses, one about Peter in the pre-Jesus days (that one’s a bit sad, though for … reasons.) But I think I probably will market the pre-flood one as Sci-fi, since it’s going to be a bit more technological than we generally give the pre-flood world credit for. I’m really looking forward to writing it, but I don’t quite feel ready for it.
And yes, I need to write my Nutcracker sequel. It will be awesome. I have my heroine all planned out. I just need to sort some things out plot-wise and figure out the hero, young Nutcracer Jr.
Kendra E. Ardnek recently posted…Christmas Around my Imagination
Okay, can I just say: this list is awesome?! I’ve also seen Kara and Emily post these lists, and I think I’d like to write my own soon. Such a fun idea! And YOUR ideas are fabulous, of course. I’m particularly intrigued by ICE DRAGONS. Also, convicts in space is a fantastic pitch, and a person with memory loss who papers their home in lists is totally something I’d pick up. GO FOR THEM, CAIT. (You have such creative ideas!!)
Taylor Lynn recently posted…“…Everything Needs Work.” (Beautiful Books)
YOU SHOULD WRITE ONE TOO, TAYLOR!! That\’d be awesome! It\’s actually really cool seeing what everyone has ideas for. 😉 Makes me excited. (And totally hoping we all get published someday soon, right?!)
Yes, preferably someday VERY soon!! Although you’re probably much closer to publication than I am, with an agent and all. (I still think it’s SO COOL that you’ve got an agent, by the way, even though technically you’d think I should be used to it by now. 😉 )
Taylor Lynn recently posted…“…Everything Needs Work.” (Beautiful Books)
You have been tagged for our quirky, awesome awkward bookish experiences:) Check here for more info :http://mylittlecornerforbooks.blogspot.com/2014/12/its-happy-happy-celebration.html#more
AWK. I shall check it out!
I’m so glad I’m not the only person who wants to write stories in a load of different genres! I thought that was just me being unable to make my mind up. Though I tried a contemporary romance for NaNoWriMo this year and I found it very hard, much harder than the dystopian novel I wrote the year before, so I’m not sure I’m cut out for contemporary romance.
Rosie recently posted…Do you need to spend £19.50 on makeup remover?
I could never EVER stick to just one genre!! There are too many options! Too many experiments! I WANT TO DO IT ALL!!
Hahahahaha! Omg the GBM retelling would be so terrifying but so delicious and just omg hahahahahaha. I can’t even. Oh yeah, I’d really love to see an Oliver Twist retelling with zombies happen. That would be really awful, but compelling? Idk, i’m just throwing it out there. This needs to happen though! WHOA! Icey dragons. SERIOUSLY PLEASE WRITE THIS CAIT PLEAS I BEG YOU. Fluff is so goooooooooooood but it’s hard to pull of right. I hope you’ll get to develop this skill someday, but you’re good with your sarcasm and death jokes and I like you just the way you are <33 lmao I'm obsessed with post-it notes too! LISTS ALL DAY EVERY DAY THANK YOU.
Idk how you come up with these, but I'd love to live in your head for one day and see how this stuff works because your thoughts are gold, Cait!
Siiri recently posted…Review: Amour Amour by Krista and Becca Ritchie
The tagline of my gingerbread man book could be \”delicious and malicious\”, right?! COME ON! THAT\’S AWESOMENESS. XD hehe.
I knoooow, though, right? I might just be all gothic and dark and scary for all my writing days. But ONE DAY I will possess the power to write something light and un-deathly.
Yes to these, Cait, yes to these! DO THEM ALL 🙂 And then let me read them all. Especially a zombie version of Oliver!!! 🙂 You’ll totally have at least one reader for that 😉 I feel I’d suck at MG too, I’d start killing people in horrifically horrible ways, haha.
Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookworm recently posted…The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey (The 5th Wave #2): Review
YAY! READERS FOR MY OLIVER PSYCHO BOOK!! lol Someone should probably ban us from attempting to write MG right?! 😉
You have such amazing concepts. I can’t decide my favorite … maybe #4? Oliver Twist and convicts in space are extra cool, too. I’ve got way too long a writing Wishlist and not enough time. I’d like to try a murder mystery, paranormal, and fluffy romance among other things.
Tara (T. T. Kesley) recently posted…Writing Recap 2014
I’d also love to write a story about a shopaholic. It’s told partially through shopping lists! I don’t have a plot though.
Tara (T. T. Kesley) recently posted…Writing Recap 2014
Murder mysteries are COOL. We should challenge ourselves to write them in the near future, right?! I procrastinate waaay too much.
Personally I like the convicts in space and the mid-grade ideas best. I would read them … definitely.
And, oh my, I need to do this on my blog.
Oh I want to read your list!!
I want someone to do a retelling of Thumbellina, I think it would make a fine MG, don’t you? I saw a thing on Tumble yesterday where someone dipped their hand in plaster and took a picture of it and said it gave them the idea that someone needed to write a story about a famous Roman or Greek sculptor who had real dead bodies inside his/her art! Ha!!
La La in the Library recently posted…2014 TOP TEN BLOG HOP: Day One Top 10 READS!!!!
Oh that would be so awesome! YUS. it needs to happen! And it\’d suit MG just awesomely.
Erk…dead bodies in art?!! THAT IS FREAKY. I would read that. heh.
All of these sound fantastic but PLEEEEASE write the book about lists and sticky notes! That one MUST happen.
I’ve written a murder mystery short story, and it was fun. There were a few minor plotholes, but overall I was quite satisfied with the way things turned out. My Inspector Sherriton (possibly slightly based on Sherlock Holmes….?) was supposed to have a sequel murder to look into, but I never got around to it. I should get back to it. Hm.
I am totally going to do one of these posts too, sometime. I saw the one on Emily’s blog, and have been planning my own ever since!
Sophia recently posted…The Bible Project: Week ?? (We jump back in)
I WANT IT TO HAPPEN. I have a tentative plan where a kid actually sticks notes all over his wall, but it\’s not about his memory. So I can totally do it twice, right?!
I love the Oliver Twist with Zombies idea. That’s a great one! The sticky notes/ lists book must happen. Will you write it if I ask nicely? Please? The lists idea kind of reminds me of Since You’ve Been Gone, which I really want to read, although I can’t think of it without the famous Kelly Clarkson song blasting into my head (BUT SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE! I CANNOT BREATHE, SOME-WORDS-I-FORGET!) *ahem*
Lovely post!
Samantha @ Bookish Serendipity recently posted…{Celebrating Fiction Book Bash} Interview with Sara Raasch
I AM TOTALLY A SUCKER FOR PEOPLE WHO ASK NICELY.
*scribbles hurriedly*
XD
Ohh, you MUST read Since You\’ve Been Gone. But I agree. I keep sing it every.single. time. I. hear. it. XD
I think there should be more mermaid books, I don’t get why some people still write angels, vampires and werewolves when there’s mermaids. I need more mermaid books. Dragons are pretty cool, the only dragon book I’ve read is by Sophie Jordan, it wasn’t good….huhu So yeah, they need to write more of those.
Chyna @ Lite-Rate-Ture recently posted…Accepting GR friend request
Mermaids are quite cool! I don\’t know why they\’re not done very much?!
OH! I need to write a post like this… someday. xD *has sooooooooo many posts scheduled already*
I would totally read an Oliver Twist + zombies retelling!!
nevillegirl recently posted…Quarterly Rewind, Fall 2014 – Movies, TV Shows, Senior Year, And An Awful Lot Of Reading
End of year is wickedly busy for posts that need doing, right?!!
What about a how to guide on writing lists? And what’s this nonsense about Zombies! I love Zombies! I’d love to be one even. Munching on Daryl Dixon.
You need to write the Aussie convicts in space, The 100 is really hot right now and it would be like a role reversal. I demand you write it. I’ll sit here for the next few months if I have to.
There’s such a need for mobster and organsied crime YA, without paranormal aspects woven in there so it’s awkward. I loved shows like The Sopranos and Underbelly but apart from two not so great YA, there’s none around. Imagine a modern day Bonnie and Clyde. My word, that would be GLORIOUS!
Kelly recently posted…This Shattered World Blog Tour, Art and Giveaway
YAY FOR ZOMBIES THEN!! I haven\’t even seen the Walking Dead yet. Ohhh, my badness. I do like a good zombie novel, though. *nods*
I haven\’t seen the 100 either. OKAY I AM SERIOUSLY BEHIND.
There is a need for organised crime. Seriously. The world is too polite. It\’s the darn English influence…making us say please and thank you and not stealing bank vaults and things. Seriously. *sig*
OMG YOU HAVE SO MANY GREAT IDEAS!!! I WOULD READ ALL OF THESE!!!
For MG books, sadly a lot of the time you need to be a bit cliche with things so the younger kids are able to understand and relate to them, even if as mature adults (HA HA HAAA what?) we would find it blatantly obvious.
And that list and sticky note one sounds heartbreaking! You could mix in in with the contemporary fluff and do a Nicholas Sparks! 😉 😛
LOVE the list! You go girl!!!
xoxo
Renee Bookboyfriends recently posted…fire tests gold
Aww, thanks, Renee!! THAT MAKES ME SMILE WIDELY. I knooow, though, you are totally right about MG. I wonder though, like, if MG books can be dumbed down too much though? I have to remember what I liked to read when I was small. heh.
PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR OWN WISHLISTS. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. *sobs with happiness*
ANYWAY. Where do you get all these awesome ideas from?? Seriously, I would actually read everything on this list. EVERYTHING. Especially a Gingerbread Man retelling, because that would be epic, and YES YES YES to icy dragons. I also think a heist /crime book would be AMAZING. I can’t think of one book that I’ve read like this. O.o
And also? Cheese. I like cheese too. In fact, I just ate a cheese sandwich.
Kara @ Diary of a Teen Writer recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books Santa Better Bring Me. Or Else.
BECAUSE YOUR GENIUS IS JUST SO WONDERFUL!! I\’m glad you turned it into a linky. hehe. Ohhh, yay! My gingerbread man idea isn\’t being wholly glared at. xD I\’m going to tell Mime that cannibale and zombies have been voted favourable. hehe.
Cait your last book idea reminded me of this really tragic K-Pop fanfiction I read (it follows a similar idea but it’s more of an angsty love story). It’s really popular in it’s fanbase and made me cry at 1 in the morning. I don’t know if you’d want to read it (because I know some people don’t want to read something that might mess with their writing) but I thought that I’d leave the link here.
Also it’s a gay fanfiction. Just a warning if it makes anybody uncomfortable.
http://changdictator.livejournal.com/3484.html
But otherwise, I really really like the 3rd idea about sending convincts into space. I can only imagine all of the things that happened up there and I didn’t know about that historical event either! It sounds really cool and like there’d be a lot of artistic say-so for it.
Kelly @ Dancing Through the Pages recently posted…Life of a Blogger: Things to do Before 2014 Ends
I SHALL CHECK THAT OUT! Although I don\’t reeeeally know much about K-Pop. (Omg, is that bad of me?!)
Love your ideas Cait! Also I love your new website, even though I still think of you as Notebook Sisters. 😀
The Aussie convicts story sounds absolutely fascinating – I love the whole idea of it. (quietly jots down notes 😛 ) A whole bunch of prisoners who didn’t do much wrong, being sent away from Earth due to overpopulation…it’s got the makings of a real winner!
I’m also doing my own wishlist too! 🙂
Brett Michael Orr recently posted…Review: Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse
OH don\’t worry, I still think of me as Notebook Sisters too. XD Plus it\’s my username for mostly everywhere so I\’m royally confusing myself. lol XD
This is incredible. Seriously, I am impressed. Because your mind is so creative! Okay, I did read a retelling of The Gingerbread Man, only it was called The Gingerbear. And it was a Berenstain Bears story. So not really the same thing at all.
I want to read these! Especially the Australians in space thing. AND you can first become famous by writing all these other books, THEN you can pen your memoir using the list and post-its! Done and done.
I lack ideas. Well, that isn’t entirely true, I just have very vague ideas. Like, there are these 3 books I want to write, but none of them have enough plot to go anywhere and then I just get upset with them. (Or, in one case, I read about a VERY similar idea coming out in 2016, which really bummed me out.) So I guess I just need them to evolve more. I need something unique, fresh, etc.
Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight recently posted…Books I Am Holding Santa Hostage For
My mind is 87% insane and 13% sarcasm. Yes. Yes it is.
Ohh, I remember reading Berenstain Bears! CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!
Dude, that is a fabulous idea. Fame and then sticky-note memoir. It is totally on my to-do list. (I shall just write it on a sticky-note on my wall so I don\’t forget. *nods*)
AWW! I know how you feel!! I seriously have had books all plotted and then seen books come out that are way too similar. >0< Ergh! It is the worst thing!
Cait, you’re speaking to like my writer soul! I definitely have a writing wishlist. 🙂 I want to write…
Several different love stories, several ensemble cast stories, a ton of historical fiction novels, a number of retellings, and some fantasy novels of course.
And then stories about what COULD have happened in my life had I made different choices. (Fictional, based on reality, but different) Haha, then there are even more “vague” story ideas. 🙂
Like you, I have several documents full of just a few words, sentences, a paragraph, an idea, a snippet of an idea and vague ideas like those above.
A retelling of the Gingerbread sounds amazing. Like, super dark in nature, obviously, considering there’s cannibalistic monsters.
I think a story about ice breathing dragons would be awesome! I would love to write a crime/novel. I also commit crimes with overdue books! I’m really bad at it…
I would totally steal paintings (I like art) but totally with you on the chocolate and gift cards! Especially chocolate from this chocolate store downtown…
I’d love to write a murder mystery novel, but I don’t think I would be good at it really.
I want to jump on the band wagon and do my own post for this! It sounds so much fun. I’ll admit, I don’t write very much anymore, but this is a great post. I’d definitely link back to Kara!
Amber recently posted…Weekly Recap (#6) + Stacking The Shelves
YOU SHOULD WRITE A LIST TOO!! I think Kara turned it into a linkup now!
I don\’t think I\’ll write a very convincing murder mystery either. XD ha! I always suck at solving mysteries when I read/watch tv so I\’m not sure I\’d write one that wasn\’t blatantly obvious *facepalm* STILL. one can always live and dream, right?!
Woah,all the ideas!If all these wishes of yours come true,I am certain that I’ll have some more awesome books to add to my TBR list.
I have a secret writing wishlist.But I don’t know whether they’ll ever come true.I have a really short attention span,and I really don’t think that I can commit and write down everything I have in mind in order.
But still,I can’t help but hope that one day it will be possible.
Mishma @ Chasing Faerytales recently posted…Turning over a new leaf
I hear ya! I have a short attention span for a lot of things, but strangely I CAN write for hours. Although, heh, I usually write for a little while and then bop off to do something else. XD
No one will read about a zombified Oliver Twist ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? I’LL READ IT! God I’d read any of these, they all sound so fabulous! I personally love to write, but my idea goes AWOL around about chapter 3. Every time. Eh. I try. What can you do….except read more epic stuff written furiously by Cait. Yes, I quite like that idea. Keep writing Cait!! Because if no one wants to read your work, then I will!
YAY I WILL BE HAPPY TO BE PROVEN WRONG!! Hey middles of books are HARD. They are notoriously hard. xD
I love the Heist idea and the murder mystery idea!
I have a trilogy I’m working on, a 6 book fantasy series, a time travel series, a series of paranormal short stories (can you tell I like series), a Rapunzel retelling, 2 or 3 different Peter Pan retellings, a Jack and the Bean Stalk retelling, and at least 8 more ideasXD
Jordan @ Dream Big. Dream Out Loud recently posted…Beautiful Books Linkup #3: Let’s Talk Editing
Muuuuuurder. Excuse my Moriarty but IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO WRITE.
Woah! 6 book fantasy series?! I admire you. I have done that and it is soooo hard. XD
All those ideas are so impressive! Seriously, if your ideas were in books at the moment I would be hurrying to put them all on the very top of my TBR.
I think my personal favourite is the Ice Dragon one. I’D READ IT. I’D READ THEM ALL. We’re all dying to read your fabulous work.
Naban recently posted…Review: Half Bad by Sally Green
AW! NABAN! YOU ARE SO NICE AND WONDERFUL. I\’m sooo glad you like dragons! I love dragons. I really want to write it….oneday….
This is awesome, Cait! I really want to read your convicts in space!
I may need to do this for myself. My coblogger and I toss around book ideas all the time, but we should start writing them down lol.
I had a dream the other night (seriously where a lot of my ideas come from) where one of the characters in the story knew he was in a story and had to convince the MC with supernatural powers to prevent his death the next time someone read the book. It ended up being a paranormal romance with lots of death in my dream, but it sounds tricky to write, and fun!
Anne @ Lovely Literature recently posted…TTT: Books we wouldn’t mind Santa bringing
Eeep. ^_^ That makes me insanely glad! Oohh, you should! I totally would love to read your post too! (And I believe Kara turned it into a linky.)
Ohhh, I DO like your idea! I imagine it wouldn\’t be easy to write, but sooooo cool. XD
I love this yeah 🙂
I have a writing wishlist too – it’s here: https://barefootmeds.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/ten… (I think you might especially like #5 😉 ) – actually it started as a reading wishlist but if ever I have the time and inspiration I may just write it my damn self 😛
And please write a Gingerbread Man retelling!!!! It would be wonderful.
Megz recently posted…5th Annual End of Year Book Survey!
*dashes off to read your post*
ICY DRAGONS YES PLEASE.
I would read that in a heartbeat. Why has this not already been a thing?
Emily recently posted…Thoughts on Korra Finale
I don\’t even know?! It feels like it should be a thing!!
These all sound like fantabulous ideas! I’ve got a MG novel that’s been percolating in my brain for a very long time and I have the desire to do a retelling of an obscure fairy tale – but which fairy tale seems to change by the minute. Someday ….
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction recently posted…Review – Hush by Stacey R. Campbell
Good luck with your MG!! Honestly, I\’ve heard they\’re the way to go with YA being so so flooded atm. 😉
I currently have only ONE idea that’s been floating around in my head all year, but I haven’t had the motivation to sit down and commit to it. Did some research and some pinning on Pinterest but that’s about it, ha!
I would LOVE to see you write a book about shapeshifters. And ginger bread man…how deliciously gruesome muahaha!
Joy @ Thoughts By J recently posted…Book Review: Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor
Pinning totally counts. After I start pinning for a book, I consider it official. xD Shapeshifters would be sooooo fun.
Emily did something like this a while ago and I had so much fun reading her ideas! Just like I had a lot of fun reading yours 😛
On a side note, I got voted the most likely to be sent to jail for overdue books (or was it fined? my old age is getting the better of me) in high school.
I also think you’d be able to pull of fluff. My idea of fluff tends to be a very funny book and considering the fact that you have a great sense of humor, I feel like you’d actually manage something that made me smile like a buffoon.
Also I love the idea in #10. I actually wanted to write a book that was written entirely in texts, facebook conversations, tweets and something of the sort. I felt like that would be super fun! OH and random Instagram pictures thrown in for the measure! :DDD
I can totally help you with the crime and heist bit, after all, I do share a birthday with the dude who the movie Catch Me if You Can was Based on… (I just found out recently and I am STILL not over it. I WILL NEVER BE OVER IT).
AND GINGER BREAD MAN. I will eat him and then I will win the book. tee hee. Although I feel like that would be one fabulous book! 😀 and the one about dragons. I LIKE ME SOME DRAGONS. Even if they don’t breathe fire.
ALL OF YOUR TOP TEN NEED ATTENTION ASAP. Get on it, gurl. (although can we prioritize the crime and heist one? I have a weakness for those sort of books… :P)
Rashika recently posted…ARC Review: Transcendent by Lesley Livingston
Yes! I just linked to her post too! XD Kara started it. We blame Kara.
OH. So when I need advice on criminal life, I\’ll come to you, right?! You devious book stealer, you.
Aw, THANK YOU. I would like to think I could pull off fluff, but in all honesty, people get maimed. I don\’t even know how. It just happens. #notmyfault
That’s my problem too! Too many ideas and it took me forever to just settle on one and stop bouncing all over the place. Cannibalistic Gingerbread man? lol Yeah, I’m not a fan of zombies. Australians in space sounds great thou! Kind of like the opposite of the 100, where criminals got sent to Earth. See my book wants to be middle grade, but I just don’t want it to be. (Not enough words) “Yes officer, I’m just conducting research. I’m a writer!” My list of books to be is all on sticky notes everywhere!
Molly Mortensen recently posted…Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Bringing This Year
Settling is IMPOSSIBLE. Like I can\’t even decide on my first project for 2015. 0.0 I might just edit something I\’ve already written buuuuut. Ideas are delicious. XD I haven\’t seen The 100 so I figure I should probably just in case I subconsciously copy it??
Okay, this is totally awesome! The ideas and the post in general (okay, I might have to thieve the idea away and do a post like this).
I really like the gingerbread idea! It sounds awesome.
And MG, icy dragons? Yes! Dragons anything, and you have me. Even cooler that it’s set in Japan. That’s just, that’s genius. (I might could get my non-bookish brothers to read that).
Yes! Contemporary fluff! Do it! Do it! Why does contemporary fluff actually sound ambitious? I can’t seem to write it either. But I do have an idea for some contemporary. I don’t know if I can make it fluffy though. . . it might turn philosophical and incredibly snarky. Contemporary fluff is only bearable if it’s snarky. 😉
But I think my favorite is your idea for the retelling of Australian convicts in space. Oh, yes. This sounds epic. Pure epic. You must write it so I can read it and fangirl over it.
Ashley G. recently posted…Beautiful Books #3- Oddball the First
YOU MAY TOTALLY USE THIEVERY. PLEASE DO. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS.
Japan is awesome but I totally don\’t want to write it wrong and I have like 2% experience. *gulps* I may have to conjure myself some Japanese betas. >.>
I want those too!!!! I’m sure if we bloggers all banded together and talked to our author friends we could make some of this happen 😉 Or you could just write it for us Cait, dear <33 Happy Holidays and amazing post as always!
Rachel @ A Perfection Called Books recently posted…Top Ten of 2014 ~ Day 2
HAHA. I MUST WRITE THEM! I WILL DO IT! I WILL!
Oh, what a great idea! I have to blog about my writing wish list to *starts scribblig in her notebook*
And your points are cool. My favorites on your list are the idea of braineating Oliver Twist and of the Australian convicts in space, they’re awsome. Don’t worry about readers, for I’ll definitly read them both 🙂
Windsprite recently posted…Über Trolle und Menschen /About Trolls and Men
Oh, what a great idea! I have to blog about my writing wish list to *starts scribblig in her notebook*
And your points are cool. My favorites on your list are the idea of braineating Oliver Twist and of the Australian convicts in space, they’re awsome. Don’t worry about readers, for I’ll definitly read them both 🙂
Uhm, Cait, I think something with your commenting system doesn’t work properly, because I don’t get a proper sign, whether my comment has been sent or not and it seems as if sending a comment doesn’t always work. That’s frustrating.
Windsprite recently posted…Über Trolle und Menschen /About Trolls and Men
I have so many ideas too, so many started stories on Word, it’s just ridiculous! I love your criminals in space idea! I’d definitely be interested in reading that!
acps927 recently posted…My Top 10 Movie Anticipations for 2015
Eeep! I so totally need to figure out what to write for next year, right?!!
A list is not even feasible. I have millions. *headdesk*
Also a dragon in How to Train Your Dragon 2 breathes ice!! It was awesome. 😀
DEFINITELY WRITE THE ONE WITH LISTS AND STICKY NOTES. I totes have plans to have a wacky character featuring in some story who has sticky notes all over the house. TOTALLY A PLAN I HAD.
Also this comment is brought to you by the fact that you now have 1111 followers on bloglovin, and that was far too cool of a number to let pass unnoticed. 1111!!! The World Domination begins in earnest with awesome numerical epicness.
AND MY GOODNESS THAT COMMENT SAID IT’S THE 25TH. THAT MEANS IT’S ALREADY CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA. O_O MERRY CHRISTMAS, CAIT!! <3
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO, DEBORAH!!! I agree, 1111 is a fantastic world dominationy number. *nods* And dominationy is a fantastic word also. XD
I haven\’t seen HTTYD 2. Gawsh. I should probably watch it before I write mine, right?!
Dominationy. I LIKE.
YOU MUST SEE HTTYD2 SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A FABULOUS MOVIE!!! <3
Deborah O’Carroll @ The Road of a Writer recently posted…One Last Time – A Hobbity Review
I’ve always thought ice dragons needed to be a thing! I had an idea once where dragons were of the different elements. Fires were most common and basically the plebs of dragons, and ice were the rarest. Or something like that. I was only reminded of this idea when How To Train Your Dragon 2 came out (-.-)
Anyhoo… I’m waiting for that convicts in space novel. I can imagine a blockbuster already starring Nicole Kidman.
Amanda recently posted…City of Stairs: Review by Samantha
Omg, that is epic!! I totally think that would be awesome and I\’d read it. xD I haven\’t seen HTTYD 2 yet…oh, I should probably watch that to make sure I don\’t copy, right?! ERK.
Trust me, I have millions of ideas everyday since I wrote a novel when I was 12… it’s just that motivation is so hard to find, so is inspiration, sadly. I love all of your ideas, Cait, and since I’ve read snippets of your writing before (you write good!!!) I’m sure they’ll be hits 😉 How about putting them on Wattpad for a first free novel? Haha! So many Filipino novels started as Wattpad stories and then eventually published and then turned into a movie… it’s crazy!
Faye M. recently posted…[GIVEAWAY] Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Social Potato! + 2015 Resolutions
“Why does everyone always want to steal paintings?? I would steal chocolate and giftcards and maybe curtains because curtains can be quite expensive.”
If you do write a book about stealing something other than paintings, you should totally use this; it’s so very quotable. 🙂
La Coccinelle recently posted…Review – My True Love Gave to Me
I WILL DO THAT. haha. XD It'll be like a comedy heist?!
I love, love, love this! I don’t think I’ve said it much on my blog (but definitely on Twitter) that I am a huge writer and would love to become a published author someday (in the near future, I hope). I can’t not write. It’s not possible for me to stop writing (which is probably the real reason I created a blog, if we’re being honest). The problem is that I don’t finish any of my stories. The one I’m currently in the middle of I’ve been writing since June. I got 70,000 words written this summer (my goal!), and then… nothing. I’m slowly working on it again, but not fast enough for all the books I want to write someday. Which is why this would make such a fun blog post that I might just have to steal (and link back to you and Kara, of course). 🙂
Aaaanyway, I love every single one of these ideas and I want you to write them all! So, clearly you should just concentrate on writing your stories all the hours of the day. Who needs sleep and food and social interactions? But seriously, I’d read them all, especially the Gingerbread Man and Oliver Twist retellings. Because if they’re any indication of your blog posts, then I’m sure they’re awesome (and I’ve also read your snippets on Instagram before).
Go you, awesome writer you! *cheers you on* 🙂
Holly J recently posted…Looking at the Characters
These are some awesome ideas! Just watch no one nicks ’em from ya!
I have a few ideas. I’ve got a bit written of one, but that needs a ridiculous amount of research in order for me to finish it. And another one is something that I would love to sit down and nut out properly. I have a premise, but no plot decided upon as of yet!
Bec recently posted…End of 2014 Book Survey
I love this writing list <3 I also have one, with all my ideas saved. I really want to write a retelling that the moment because well, I am in love with them. And I also want to write a mystery book because they sound tricky but can be so awesome when done well! I recently finished a middle grade novella… so that's one off of my list 😉 I hope you get round to doing these though!
Olivia recently posted…Part-Time Princess (Review & Giveaway!)
I love this!! I have SO many ideas like this running around my head and hardly any of them even come close to making it onto paper….poor things. Your ideas sound epic. WRITE THEM ALL and email them to me!
Lauren recently posted…January TBR
I love that you have ideas across all sorts of different genres.
I don’t have an actual list. But in the back of my mind I think, “I could write a contemporary book. Without any sort of magic or anything. Unless it was a contemporary with magic!” And I have a dozen ideas that I think could legitimately be books – each in their own word docs so i can jot down notes and thoughts.
But not an actual list. And I don’t want to write a murder mystery 🙂
Oh Cait. I love and am terrified by the notion of a YA Gingerbread Man novel. That would be not only intensely horrifying in it’s creep factor, but brilliant. If this ever happens, alert me at once and it will be on my tbr in a minute. Your words on middle grade books made me chortle. I, too, had the problem of writing a MG book which I watched spiral into darkness. It was an interesting thing to watch. I mean, I was writing it and all, but it was still unexpected.
Romi recently posted…A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.