My eBook, 101 Writing Prompts for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers, is coming out in June. It's full of great prompts to get your pen moving across the page, but it also includes several tips and tricks for generating new ideas. I'm dying to share it with you, so here's a sneak peak!
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Writing Prompt #3
Blood oranges gain their eponymous color overnight, and only when the night is cold. They are sometimes called vampire oranges.
Imagine an orchard tended by vampires (or a similar night-dwelling creature). What kind of fruit would these creatures grow? What special properties or powers could it have? How would they defend it during the day? What about a fruit that has certain properties when harvested during the day and quite different properties when harvested at night? Eaten during the day vs. at night?
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