Stuart says it was as if book was 'downloaded into my brain'

A carpenter by trade, Keynsham man Stuart Olds used his bi-polarmanic episodes to inspire his debut novel. Rather than having to digdeep to find his inspiration and story, Hope's Truth came to him, hesays, in an instant during an episode, as if it was downloaded intohis brain.

"The entire story was there - I could see every scene mapped outin pictures, all I had to do was to sit down and start writing,"said the 40-year-old author. "I was lucky I was able to remember itall; most sufferers forget these episodes."

Stuart had experienced bouts of depression since he was a child,but always thought he was just feeling bad or miserable and didn'tknow …