Eureka!!

Today is a rare day. A day of happiness and accomplishment!! It didn't start out that way - a slight hangover after last night's Kings of Leon concert (well worth it though - they were bloody brilliant!!) and the prospect of my first solo attempt at filing taxes did not encourage me to leap out of bed.

After last year's tax traumas - a less than competent tax advisor, hours at her office while Peter asked the same questions 20 different ways, and a $10K tax bill - I was amazed to find myself back on the street after 40 minutes with only a couple of pieces of information to find, and the prospect of a little money back - hurrah!!

The main source of my unadulterated joy today, though, was the eureka moment when I came up with an idea for a novel. A really good idea, even if I do say so myself! I have wanted to write a fantasy novel for years but have never been able to come up with a theme or plot that hasn't either been done to death or just sounded lame.

But today it came to me, all shiny and glowing with potential! It started with a throwaway thought, and before I knew it I had a possible trilogy outlined in my head! I had to get out of the shower and find a notepad before I lost my train of thought - I barely had time to write each idea down before a new one came along, and I was literally shaking with excitement as I wrote!

It's still very early days and i know that it will take a lot of hard work to flesh it out and organise my thoughts into a coherent storyline, but this is it, folks! This is my story! This is my novel! I'm actually going to do this!!!

Watch this space for future updates ..... :-)