SMiRK

With the prospect of NaNoWriMo on the horizon and a few folks already discussing story ideas, I'm on the hunt for a few stray thoughts myself. As I was telling someone last night, if J.J. Abrams hadn't already created Lost, a show I'm head over heels about, that would have been the story I'd tell.

The current working title of my non-novel is "SMiLE", which is blatantly stolen from Brian Wilson's recent release. It took 37 years for SMiLE's completion, so I'm paying a small tribute to the masterpiece. I've listened to it repeatedly and it's hard to believe the musical soul of the album was created when the man was just 24-years-old.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I might revise my working title to "SMiRK" since whatever I accomplish won't be anywhere near "masterpiece" or "instant classic" status. And while I'm here, I might as well combine it with Abrams' show and retitle it something like "Lost in Your SMiRK". Hmm, I could then combine that with one of my favorite movies and call the whole thing "Raiders of the Lost SMiRK". Ah, the possibilities are endless. Don't mind me, just being a dork.