Ellis Island

I got to chatting with one of the women behind the check out desk at my local library about how we find new books to read. She, too, takes out more books than it is humanly possible to read. She calls it "taking the books on a vacation." They leave the library shelves and travel home with her. Then return to the familiar shelves where they can tell the the other books about their adventures. Okay, I made that last part up.

She mentioned there are very few fictional books that take place in Ellis Island. I'm really surprised.

She also said she writes tiny vignettes about people she encounters during the day. Sometimes it is just three lines.

Then she asked me a question no one has ever asked me: do you have a book in you?

This summer for the first time I really feel I have a book swirling inside of me. I just don't know what kind of book, who my lead character will be, the plot, or anything else important. Only that the book is swirling around inside of me.

Vignettes about people who passed through Ellis Island. That has a lot of possibilities. I love history. I love learning about the past. Would they get to know each other? Will there be recurring characters? 

There are some real possibilities here.

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