We recently had a lively thread on the possibility of our resident fiction author, Purgatory, writing and publishing a novel with a PCa theme, and we had some good fun with it:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=2770695So when I emailed David a few days ago to thank him for sending me the PCa postage stamps (I was one of those who requested them, and he graciously replied by sending me some), I took the opportunity to ask him, just out of curiosity, if he had had any further thoughts on undertaking such a novel.
I even had the audacity to mention in the email a few plot ideas I had come up with on my own for such a novel (you can blame that one on the librarian in me, and on years of reading all kinds of fiction), and I actually included them in my email. I rather suspect he found them more amusing than helpful, although in a follow up email he was indeed diplomatic enough to express his appreciation for my effort.
Anyway, it had occurred to me, and I ran this by David in the email and later got his OK on it, that it might be a fun thread for us, his fellow posters, to post suggestions and ideas in a thread for what we might think would be good story ideas for such a novel that he could write.
For example, the ideas that I myself had suggested to David were (and please try not to laugh or snicker too hard when you read them):
1. Missionaries report that not a single male of the Xfnghg tribe of South America has ever gotten PCa, not even the older tribe members. When queried, the tribe members attribute this to the mysterious PeeCeeah plant, found only in the depths of the Amazon! Professor Riley, fighting his own battle with this wretched ailment, along with his beautiful heroine assistant, battle hostile natives, smugglers, and even the jungle itself in search of this botanical beacon of hope!
2. All of the prostate tissue stored for research in the Institute has been stolen! To what nefarious end! The only clue is some strange notes scribbled on a meeting room blackboard! Who is behind this dastardly theft, and why!
3. Octavia's favorite elderly uncle, a Gleason 10 with PSA of 3000, lay dying in the hospital. Over the next couple of days, however, he recovers miraculously, and is soon discharged in perfect health! The only thing out of the ordinary was the mysterious visitor, cloaked in black, who visited her uncle the night before! But why is it that only Octavia remembers seeing this mysterious stranger! BWA-HA-HA-HA!
4. Rumor has it that Priceup Pharmaceuticals has discovered the cure for PCa, but is suppressing it for fear of falling profits from drugs that would no longer be needed or sold. Already some mysterious murders have occurred and been suppressed. Only PCa patient Detective Riley, again with the help of his beautiful heroine assistant, can get to the bottom of it!
5. "Prostate Cancer: The Musical." Naaaaaah!
Again, if you wish, you may well credit all the above wonderful ideas to the fevered imagination of a retired librarian who reads too much, but, hey, it's kind of fun to think of the possibilities, as silly as some of them may be, don’t you think?.
But wouldn't it be fun to have a brain-storming session here on the forum on this very topic, with lots of us kicking in ideas? Hey, this could be your chance to help in the writing of a very successful novel, with the satisfaction that that could bring you.
As noted, David has told me it's OK with him if I wanted to start this fun thread, and maybe something literary will actually come from it.
Okay, how many of you secret fiction authors want to take a shot at this and offer a story idea to David? The floor is
open!