I never thought I could write a  fictional story, it seemed like hard work to me. I am used to writing non-fiction and poetry. I am not sure that I am a typical writer as I cannot sit everyday to write, if I did I would be staring at the computer for hours on end with nothing to show for it. I can only write when the words come to me, which can be months apart and typically come when I least want or expect them to come such as in bed at night while I am trying to sleep, in the shower or whenever my mind is less busy which is not often. Recently my publisher asked me a question, which was, did I think I could write an epic poem. Firstly I had no real idea what one was and when I did some research I literally thought "I dont think so", I wouldn't know where to start. Also there was no guarentee that it would get published.  I think a day or two after the question had been asked I got the name for a character and a very small inkling of a possible story. I was amazed. I hes...