Snuff boxes were popular years ago and people used the to carry snuff with them so they could take a sniff when they wanted. I looked at many and saw they were small and sometimes very beautiful. At first I thought a historical story particularly in the Regency period would be the setting. But I didn't really want to put snuff boxes into a story and for them not to be the focus. That eliminated one kind of plot.
Remember this. A plot is just a plan to take a story from the beginning to the end. Something I've heard many times since I began writing.
I looked at other kinds of plots. Contemporary romance. I didn't think snuff boxes would work. Not would, at least for me, paranormal. Not fantasy or science fiction.
Actually as I considered how to use the snuff boxes, I could probably figure a way to put them into most genres. Then one hit me and seemed to be the way for snuff boxes to be featured in my book.
At the present time, the idea is swirling in my thoughts adding bits of ideas that will eventually become the book I've dreamed of. Not until I finish the book I'm currently working on - a medical romance at present called A Voice From Her Past triggered by a phone call I received from a friend I hadn't seen or heard from for years.
