Ah, the joys of the lightbulb moment (when the lightbulb goes off and the idea you're working on becomes clear). I had two of those today, in too completely different areas, one fiction and one for a day-gig project.

The fiction one has to do with the end game in Peace Offer. Don't have a clue yet how it's going to resolve, even this close to the finish line, but I know it's there, waiting for me to find out what on earth I just stumbled into. This book I can't really figure, even now, but I know it's a joy every day to sit down with it and discover where it's going.

The joys of the lightbulb moment: the A-Ha!, the Oh boy this is gonna be a ride... and then there's the Holy Crap what did I just stumble into?

The open vista, the anticipation of sliding down it... and then occasionally the discovery that there's a cliff at the end of the ride, am I ready to spread my arms and flap like hell when I go over?

Yes, yes I am.