They say don't eat sweets before bed or you'll have nightmares. The same can be said about writing, apparently. Don't write before bed or you'll have the most amazing compilation of dreams.

Last night I fell asleep working on my NG Writing Anthology (NWA) submission. It's coming along slowly, but my mind has been working relentlessly planning the rest of the story. So I fall asleep and have the most amazing orgasm of creative dreams.

We start with Californication. I'm Hank, and I'm arguing with his baby's mama, and we're at a pool (ironically enough it's empty). So she gets turned into a dragon someone, but also a statue. Now, we also had 2 kids, one a young boy eerily similar to Aang, but indoctrinated by the Seanchan. My daughter, however, is a perpetually believer and fights for their mothers revival (she believes she's still alive under the stone.

Just as suddenly I'm a treasure hunter free-running through this spaceship. I bump into an elementary school field trip as they're walking on this catwalk, headed towards an elevator. So one kid happens to get left behind and wants to show me a neat trick. Using an ability from one of my stories, he makes the elevator free fall. But, and I won't go into details here so as to protect my IP, the whole ship goes crashing down. We have to escape now. This whole escape scene ensues, where I'm trying to save my mother, but alas, I can't.

Then I'm an alchemist, and I'm investigating this apartment building. Turns out its full of vampires. So just as we get in there, we find two vampires asleep. I use Alchemy to trap them in place, but then as I step back into the hall, two more are hurdling my way. I use a barrage of alchemy to try to stop them and eventually trap them with hundreds of spikes, piercing their bodies, suspending them in the air. Let me just say this: using alchemy was as cool as it looks!

The vampires defeated, I am now Rand a'Thor. And I'm pissed. There's nothing like a pissed of Dragon Reborn. I get home and find Berelain there. She tries to seduce me when I realized she's enthralled by some creature whom I believe is part of the Seanchan invasion. We then switch back to my loving children who are in the middle of a Seanchan attack, the hotel where my wife (when I was Hank) is under attack and my daughter is by her Mother's side. Suddenly, the stone cracks and her giant paw twitches.

We're back to me as al'Thor completely obliterating this creature with Saidin. Now, I need to save Elayne, who is somehow being held captive. I apparrate, grab her, and we jump out a window. I'm using the One Power to guide our fall and eventually we land and appear back at my loft (which looks like a giant, magnificent cabin).

By this point, things are starting to get really fuzzy. There's a lot of stuff I can't remember clearly, or is starting to get jumbled together, but I do know at the very end it turns out I'm watching a TV show with my two kids on the floor. The story goes to commercial break just as my Daughter gets proof her mother is still alive. I drop to the floor and I taunt Aang who eventually admits his mother is alive, much to my daughters satisfaction. Then, cryptically, I tell him, "If you believed in what Arthur Hawkwing said, then believe just as much in what I say." Then I wake up.

As you can see, there are so many unrelated, but generally awesome, influences in this dream. It was a night full of fun and exciting events. This has redoubled my resolve to move forward with my NWA submission. I've got the story arc plotted out, I just need to write in the details. I'm aiming for a 25k - 35k action thriller with a bit of Sci-FI. It's going to be sexy, edgy, and best of all, exciting. Stay tuned.