As I sit here in our computer room. I'm juggling two different tasks. One is finishing the writing for the new AFT record. I'm so close!! Doing this "Storytellers" show in March has given me a deadline, and that's something I've never had before when it comes to getting an album together. I like it though. It forces me to not procrastinate as I've been known to do in the past when it comes to songwriting. A lot of the time I'll start a song and then I won't finish it for a few days...I can't do it this time. I have almost a month to get a few more songs done. I'm doing really well actually, so we'll see where it gets me by the time of March 29th. By early April we'll have some sort of idea of what the next step is.
The other task I've taken on has come out of one of my new songs, called "Hey Mother". There's a story behind that one that I started thinking about recently. I sort of took a few lines from that song and wrote a plot for a novel out of it. This morning I decided I'd write a novel. Yep. The ideas are really coming together and it's gonna be really cool, I think. I'm developing the characters carefully and slowly so I can really dig into who I want these people to be. I don't read a lot of books these days (but I'm really into A Million Little Pieces by James Frey) but what I like about novels is that not only does the author have complete control over one character's life, the reader also interprets the characters and their traits in their own way, which is a lot like songwriting. I think I'll have a fairly easy time with this....I hope. I'll keep y'all updated on it for sure. I'm not positive on what I'm going to do with it yet. I'll probably save up and print/publish it myself, sell it at shows and such. Who knows. I'm just in the idea stages but I'm excited about it
Stay here for updates on the AFT record and my yet-to-be-officially-started novel.
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