You've got the write stuff...

"Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we?" ~Audra Foveo-Alba

Ever since I was a kid I've wanted to be an author. In my highschool graduating class I was voted "Most likely to write a bestseller" quite the accolade, I know. I was able to write 86 pages about Nazi Germany and propaganda, and yet I have great difficulty in deciding what I want to write about. I want it to be a novel, however, the prospect of this is somewhat dreary.

They say write what you know - can I manage an entire novel about Celtic? Yes, probably, but would anyone outside of my immediate family enjoy it? I have a rough idea for characters but I don't know. I want memorable ones, lasting ones. I want my heroine to be in league with the greats whether it be Jo March from Little Women, or Lucy Sullivan from the queen of Chick-lit, Marion Keyes. And I want women (or men depending on what tickles your fancy) to fall for my leading man like they do for Mr. Darcy. I want it to be funny and romantic etc etc.

I even googled how to write a novel for ideas and the most prominent tip is that your idea will happen when you least expect it. And so, with that in mind I have put down the notebook and pen and am waiting for an idea to hit me over the head. To take my mind off of my conundrum, I am watching Batman & Robin on the Space channel. As usual, when watching a movie, I feel a desparate need to imdb each film to learn as much as I can about it. (I imagine it will be useful in a round of Trivial Pursuit of Jeopardy in the future). Random fact learned from my imdb-ing - in the Batman series, Robin's real name was/is Dick Grayson, while Batgirl's name was/is Barbara Wilson. I am a big fan of Mr. Bale as Batman, but George Clooney isn't too bad to look at.