I was thinking boring fiction novel, you turned it into a work of art.

I would LOVE to see the book you’d write based on that pic!!

nice. ok allow me to brainstorm a second. with a title like that i’m seeing potential for you to do the first book in the vain of the http://www.abevigoda.com / http://isitchristmas.com sites. basically it would be a whole book, or significant parts of a book, giving one word statuses of people and things that are alive (maybe you change the title to Is Alive). the e-book would actually update if their statuses (god forbid) changed. it would be a sad but poignant work (2 works? Is Dead?). and boy would it be easy for you to write. anyway, far from what you’re thinking i’m sure, just priming your creative pump in the way i know how. i’ll stop clogging your airwaves with alive status noodling and take the brainstorming offline. whatever you write, if you need a copy reader, you got one here.

for my part, if i had to write the great american novel right this second it would be called “Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Church?” inspired by this photograph: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellohorld/3578489681

@jerry – you too! I’m a little busy while I’m in chicago, but next time you’re in SF we should totally meet up. As for the name? “Alive” I think. Whaddya think?

Dare I say it? Whatever you do, follow your bliss!

I’m in Detroit a bunch now. If you feel like cruising the 4 hours or whatever from Chicago to the D I could entertain you there, otherwise we should get some drinks in SF when we’re all around.

Fun question: if you had to pick a name for your great American novel right now this very second, what would it be? You show me yours, I’ll show you mine…

Leona

Best of luck with the “Great American Novel”

Josh