(publisher & editor) see if they are interested or not. Right now they liked almost all of the 9 suggestions I made. Usually they will bark a bit, mumble something like "sounds like a great idea.... I'm glad I came up with it!" and command me to get to work and have it in before deadline or "Heads are gonna roll!!!". Thus, is the way of the writer. LOL-
JK. Seriously, the decisions are made from them and I get about a month to come up with something somewhat story-esque. But, out of all the topic suggestions... the Quarter Mile Kings was one of my favorites.