Why Does Creativity Strike....

At such weird times?  In response to weird things?

I've been writing like the wind!  Well...compared to the pace I usually write, it feels like the wind. It's almost a compulsion.  And I've been thinking and thinking and thinking about a story I want to write.  It has been occupying at least 70-80% of my thoughts.  I've even had trouble sleeping because I'm still turning things over in my mind.

And it feels awesome.  I love this stage of writing something.  I finally wrote out the first scene today.  I tend to keep a story in my head until I can't anymore, and then I write out a few scenes, then start connecting them together and filling in the bare spots.  It's so much fun!

But it escapes me why this would happen now.  I've had a pretty nasty cold (I was even sent home from work today) and I haven't been sleeping well.  I'm generally busy with work and the baby, and it often feels like I have no free time.  Yet, one of my writer friends happens to mention that she loves dorky romances (those in which the romantic lead is not your typical burly, statuesque Greek god-like guy), and she lamented the fact that people don't write too many of them.  I like them too, and I thought "Hey, I can write one of those!" It's been my obsession for the past few days now. 

I'm going to see if I can, in fact, write one of those.