The Christmas Stories:
Where am
I with the Christmas stories? On schedule so far. Last year's audio book is with
the woman who is preparing it for print. It should be ready by early November
and will be for sale at that time along with the audio book version from last
year.
This year's story - the shepherds - is as yet
untitled. I sat down the other day and tried to think of a title, and all
I could come up with was pure crap. "A Shepherd's Tale," and "The Shepherd's
Gift" and stuff like that. So no title yet.
I've written 7 of the 8 chapters and know exactly
what will be in chapter 8. BUT, chapter 7 has a serious flaw. I can't tell you
what it is, but it's not right. Something big is missing. I'm about to leave
town for a few days and I plan to have 7 redone and 8 written by the time I
return.
I've recorded a demo of the audio, and Ben King
is using that to work on the music. We'll go into the studio around the middle of the month
and record the thing.
How about the cover? Well, I still have to get
permission to use the art, but they gave me permission last year, so I'm not
worried about it. However, this year I'm doing almost everything myself. I
developed some Photoshop skills in my years as a web designer, so at this point
I'm planning on doing the cover myself. It's a work in progress. This is what I
have so far:
I'm still working with it, so we'll see what
happens.
The Last Essay on Evil
I'll finish up my third and final essay on evil by Wednesday. However, The
Christian Century is considering picking them up. If so, the third essay will
come out on their site. I don't know if they will take it. I think probably not.
It's not the sort of thing I normally do for them. AND, it's not as though I
presented a lot of documentation for my conclusions or anything. We'll see how
that goes.
One More Thing - I'm Going Away:
Jeanene and I have a chance to go to Colorado and spend about 6 days there.
Part of the time will be spent with her parents. We haven't been to Colorado
with them in a few years, and we want to spend some time with them. My mom is
coming to watch the kids, so it's just the four of us.
My treo works as a modem, so I might post a
quick "hello" or something from the mountains. But mainly I'll be working to finish the Shepherd
story. And find a decent title for it.
That's what's up with me. I hope things
are well for you.
rlp
