I wonder how many using WordPress go through the collection of trash that accumulates on the hard drive? I do. Quite often. Sometimes the idea is of greater importance than what came after – corner stories.
I have several fiction stories, fragments that hinge on the things GIs do during a change of station when they have 15 days travel time and 30 days of accumulated leave time.
I’m working on such a project, a young man rotating from West Indies to California. It would have been simple to write, but a girl, a gorgeous mulatto with long dark hair, deep brown eyes, and a voice that gives him pause got in the way.