I was pounding out a story for the last two days, totally inspired by something and let me tell you, it is pretty damn cool. Then, taking a break because my fingers are actually cramping up. (22K words today and still worked 9 hours on my real job.)
BAM!
It hits me that someone else has done this.
Oh, not exactly, but enough that I can see the similarities. And not someone on SOL, but an author outside our little microcosm. I think mine is original enough that not many people will notice, but I will.
I know there are only, like, 6 stories lines, or so they would have us believe, but it is kind of disheartening sometimes.
Anyway... I lost the drive for today, so I am going to play some Sniper Elite 4 or something, maybe Wolfenstein... I thinking killing a bunch of Nazis is exactly what I need to get my head straight.