I would love some alt-history where North-American peoples and cultures kept on top of the western invaders and went from there. Should be vertile playgrounds but for some reason, I seem to be alone in that wish.
Nope, you're not alone. I would read the shit out of that!
So, I know I said I wasn't going to even start my story until August... and it's not August yet... BUT, the perfect opening popped into my head while I was exercising today, so... I have 100 words. *G*
With regards to the pantsing thing - I'm kind of a plantser. I'll do some basic planning for a long story, but for shorts, totally pants all the way. Like the story I just wrote the opening for. It's an opening. where does it go? But something will come to me when I sit down to write for real. Pantsing is FUN, Norm. I'm looking forward to 'reading' the rest of the story I started today.