Ideas for a Book

This was a prompt from a writing workshop I was in a year or so ago - I came up with the first 5 then, and added the rest while thinking about it today...

  1. Two sisters decide to take a trip around the world - but end up never leaving the physical space they are in because they are both in a coma
  2. A man in Spokane collects arrowheads and is contacted by a collector from Colorado that wants him to buy his collection so he can save a rubber farm in Mexico
  3. In the 1940s just before the War a young woman and her best friend set out to drive from Iowa to Bremerton Washington where she will marry her true love
  4. A young boy in Iowa dreams of big places and spaces and grows to never leave his farm - but has many wonderful adventures
  5. A girl growing up in a conservative christian household - how she navigates growing up and wanting to set out on her own - differences from those around her, experiences and types of jobs
  6. The oldest sister takes care of her siblings but never quite gets a life of her own (or to escape a life that could have been) - based on Great Aunt Gladys
  7. Life in Iowa on a Farm 1930-1960
  8. Collections of Essays about the Outdoors - Travel Journal?
  9. Something based on Grandma Hays’ journals
  10. Customer Service - short stories - Or Jobs I Have Had
  11. Spokane Parks History
  12. Gems from the Archives - short stories based on research

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