"I'll be fine once I get/ I'll be good ... I'm on the pursuit of happiness"

Son of a biscuit.

Since SO was pretty much etched in my mind for years, I've been brainstorming for the next one. Too soon? Maybe. But I do want to make a career out of this so I got to have more than one idea. So I have a pretty basic one. A plot summary, if you will. But it's hard to write 50,000 words about a 30 word idea. And I've been thinking about the characters and trying to create them and whatnot. A bunch of artsy-fartsy stuff. So I've really started to finalize the characters. I am getting more of the plot in my mind. Writing out spurts of dialogue to work in as I go. Everything I did with SO, minus the huge family (never again) and the setting. Things were going good

..... until.

I started reading a new book last night. Like I said, I don't read the backs of books cause inevitably something is given away and I want to avoid that. I got this book at McKay's and its by an author where I LOVE one of her other novels so I thought I'd give this one a try. So I'm reading and this is my thought process: Hey, this is kind of like what I came up * keeps reading * Oh no, this is pretty close to what I thought of * keeps reading * This is REALLY close. But as long as this certain thing doesn't happen, I'll be good. * keeps reading * Oh crap.

Now, just a big idea is sort of the same. But mine is already different. Just the act that leads to it is also the same. Ugh. But I mean there are a bazillion books out about human teenage girls falling in love with vampires and they are doing okay right?

And now I'm torn. Do I keep reading? Do I stop? The book is good. I do know how I want mine to end so it's not like I am getting ideas. Oh this stinks. What to do, what to do?