I knew an established and reasonably successful author who had the same problem early on in his writing career. His solution was to end it right there and get some from personal experience. He became an engineer and then a journalist while all the time pursuing a good all round general knowledge of science and technology.<br /><br />When he came back to writing science fiction, turned out he was bloody good at it.<br /><br />I can't help but think that all you want is someone else to do the hard work for you. I can tell you now, it isn't going to happen.<br /><br />There's no substitute for living a bit, learning a bit and developing your craft in the meantime. It's the only way you'll have anything worth writing about at the end of the day. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>