O! You Muse of Fire, you . . .

As I'm leaving for work yesterday morning, literally as I'm locking my apartment door, this idea for a story, a novel, something, hits me.


It's a good idea. It's one I like a lot. But right now I need to concentrate on The Sorcerer's Daughter, so it'll have to go on the back burner.


But it asks a question I've always found intriguing, and I'll pose it here, too, for anybody who wants to respond. Imagine that you are given a chance for an ultimate experience. For a few years it will be exciting, full of intense adventure and almost unbearable ecstasy It's guaranteed.


The flip side, though, is when it's over it'll be over.  It'll be the high point of your entire life, something that will never be repeated. You'll never experience anything like it again. You know you'll live the remainder of your life wanting to go back to this and knowing it will never happen again.


The question is--knowing this, would you say "yes" to this opportunity? Would the inevitable crash and the years of not living that life be worth it for the few years when it's happening?


I'm not sure what my own answer would be--I'd like to think I'd go for it. But, really, I can't say that for sure. How about you? What would you do?