It's that time of year again!

I got an email from one of my buddies last week telling me to get off my ass and start writing again. With the start of National Novel writing month approaching I've been trying to think of some themes and plots to put into words. My first several ideas ran along the lines of those I tried last year; good vs evil with some supernatural intrigue. My wife, not being the sort to withhold her opinion, let me know that she'd heard those plots before - last year... I guess I naturally gravitate to those themes as they are most interesting to me and what I often read in the likes of people like Dean Koontz.

I also read a lot of mystery, suspense and action novels, but I don't have enough research time for some of these nor do I know enough about how criminal investigation or the legal system works to pull those off right now.

This of course leaves me in the realms that would allow me to completely make things up without fear of losing credibility on the trivial mater of fact lol.

As I sit hear tonight the two leading thoughts are:

1) a story of a family coping with life when it's learned that fossil fuels have suddenly become so scarce that they can no longer be sold to the public given the out of control consumption of asia causing global economic turmoil, political chaos, and a chain reaction of events changing life as they knew it.

or

2) a compilation of short stories which are the back stories behind a single days newspaper headlines with several intertwined and related characters showing that while the world plods through each day thinking nothing happened despite the vignettes that make the daily news

Tick tock, tick tock... .November 1st is just around the corner so I'd like to have more than just the plot determined prior to the start of the contest.

I don't suppose any of you are participating in nanowrimo this year, are you? If you are, add me as a writing buddy! I can use all the encouragement I can get!

Boo!