coming up with story ideas

Coming up with story ideas is not usually a problem for me. Like the writer in this cartoon by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, I find ideas everywhere.

“Used with permission from Debbie Ridpath Ohi at Inkygirl.com.”

Transferring all those ideas into novels is usually my bigger problem, but that’s a topic for a different blog.

What about you? Do you have to hunt in the bottom of a soup bowl for story ideas?