Unveiling Inspiration: From Car Accident to Author’s Creativity Revival

Today, I would like to share with you a little bit about my first story that I wrote with the intentions of publishing. I had a bad car accident and couldn’t work for three months. I wasn’t in a very good head space and needed to redirect some seriously dark thoughts. This was when I took up writing again. I always liked writing and I discovered I could write fairly well when at high school. When I went to university I didn’t have the time to write between studying and going on teaching practicums.

I had always been fascinated by the myth of Atlantis, ever since my teens and if you’ve read the Servant of the Gods series, you’ll have read that I’m still enthralled by the legend. I had read Charles Berlitz’s book about a lost civilisation which whetted my appetite to learn more and that’s was the beginning of my love for ancient history and mythology.

So naturally, I had to write about Atlantis, except the story I wrote was a romance between a human female and a man from Atlantis. The Atlantean was not a merman but did live in deep blue sea. Suffice to say, it was not my best work and will never see the light of day, except maybe to fuel a bonfire. (I filed the ms in such a safe place, now I can’t remember where it is! So much for the bonfire. )

I shelved the idea of writing for a number of years, until my sister and I went on a Contiki tour to Europe and visited the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. This was the same year the movie Gladiator was screened, followed by the poor adaptation of Homer’s Iliad, the film Troy, though the eye candy was very nice. Thank you very much Brad Pitt!

Although, Troy wasn’t as bad as the movie Alexander. Now that was terrible. The Contiki holiday and movies inspired me to get back into writing and combine my love for ancient history and mythology to create stories. I love writing and wished I had more time to spend writing.

Have you ever created something that you weren’t very proud of? Love to hear from you.

Ancient History, creative process, myths and legends, writing