If I was capable of counting the zillionth man who said, “Oh you're a writer? I have a great idea for a book,” I would be some sort of math genius. I would be the first woman to comprehend a zillion-trillion-billion-gazillion.

“I know you wouldn’t think so," he'll say, "but I've always wanted to write a novel.”

No, Guy, I didn’t see this coming.

But the fun part of this conversation is when he says, eyes squinted and lips pursed in a flirty voice, “Do you want to know what it's about?”

Why, yes of course!

Here are my favorites:

1. Light sabers.

2. A gay man who wasn’t really [...]