Sounds like a lot, a whole fishbowl of ideas for plots and stories. The problem is every writer in the whole darn world could only get their plots and stories from that one, tiny fish bowl.
Sometime ago, I asked my publisher if I could submit a paranormal romance type of story, something with vampires or angels, and Miss Apple said I could try and let them evaluate it. So I went on and started a story that I wanted to write in English. The characters insisted on being Filipino, so I figured, why not?
Then, I visited my online buddy’s, the uber-talented Miss Sharon Rose, blog and found out that she was writing an English novel with a similar plot line as mine. To comfort, a friend of mine sent me a link where Neil Gaiman answers the dilemma of having limited ideas. Charlaine Harris found out that she was writing a story similar to what Neil Gaiman had already written. Click here for her entry.
I wasn’t worried that we had the same idea. As I said, great minds think alike. What I was worried about is that Sharon and I submit to the same publisher, and if I submitted my story to them, and she decides to submit her story as well, I’d feel… well, a bit guilty, because I saw her story but she hasn’t seen mine, and people might think I stole her idea (which I didn’t).
Sorry, I’m really paranoid and careful when it comes to other people’s feelings 
Anyway, two things comforted me and had me continuing writing my planned fallen angels series…
1. Sharon’s go-ahead (thank you, Sharon!); and
2. What Neil Gaiman said, and let me quote, “Yup, I know how that one goes… But the truth is, it’s not the idea, it’s never the idea, it’s always what you do with it.”
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