Well, dear readers, it is late and I must write these here notes in a hurry, but let me tell you after writing fifteen count them fifteen pages of the new book (in addition to all the futzing and finessing), as well as the liner notes for our next release, I have no idea what these here notes will be like because I’m seeing double right now. I will say that the morning was mercifully quiet and so I slept until eleven – nine hours of blessed sleep, with wacky dreams. Once up, and once I was coherent, I began futzing and finessing and spent an hour doing that and then wrote four new pages. I began having second thoughts about this sequence I’m writing, but I’m now thinking it’s right. As I’ve mentioned, every chapter up until now has taken place in a different restaurant – three so far. So now we do a little something else, and then the rest of the book will go back to restaurants, three more, and then one more after that to wrap it all up. We’ll see how Muse Margaret feels. I happily passed page 100 – in manuscript pages, this one will probably end up at 260, so by the end of this weekend I’ll be halfway through the book.
After the four pages, I went and had a chili, cheese, and onion omelet and a bagel. After that, I picked up one package, which happened to be the Welcome to My World scripts, so those will get sent out on Monday. There was also a really irritating piece of mail that went directly into the trashcan. I cannot let anything bother me right now and just have to know it will all work out, so fretting is just pointless. We just need some miraculous miracles, so keep sending those really strong most excellent vibes and xylophones, please. Then I came home and went right back to writing, or was it write back to righting? At this point, I have no idea.
I wrote four more pages right away, then took a little break and did some work at the piano, as well as have a couple of telephonic conversations. The other day, Kay Cole had let me know she had to drop out of doing the LA show because her schedule where she teaches just conflicts too much. So, I immediately asked my friend Adam Cates to take over. He did a great job choreographing The Brain from Planet X at NYMF and then the Chance Theater. He was also the associate choreographer of The Gentleman’s Guide to Murder. The timing was good so it looks like he can do it and will be coming to LA in mid-April to start on this adventurous adventure.
I wrote a few more pages, then had a surprise visit from Sami and her mom. I gave them a copy of our newly published script and they went on their merry way. Then I wrote another five pages for a total of fifteen, after which I sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, because I needed to zone out, I watched a movie on the Flix of Net from 2001, entitled Swordfish, starring John Travolta and Hugh Jackman, along with Halle Berry. It is truly one of the most horrifyingly awful movies in film history. Not one thing about it works. The writing is puerile and stupid, as is the entire plot, the actors are boring because they have nothing to work with, the direction is reprehensibly bad, and the entire thing just reeks of everything that’s wrong with Hollywood. At the time, they meant it to be totally cutting edge about computer hacking – today it looks like an antique – nothing dates a film faster than anything with a computer.
Then I buckled down, Winsocki and wrote an entire set of liner notes, got the credits done, and the rest of the packaging information, and sent that all to Doug Haverty for his designing. We’ll announce this title on Monday and if it’s like others of its ilk, it should do well and sell out. I also got some very good news from one of the companies I’m trying to have a new relationship with. It’s taken six months, but I finally got a project approved, this one a cast album that’s never been on CD, and I can follow that with three other albums, all of which have been out before on CD, but all of which are out of print and go for pretty good money. I will improve the sound of each of those, too. So, as soon as I get the go ahead on the cast album (a few details to work out), we’ll try to get that out in the next six weeks or so.
After all that, I took a shower, had another telephonic conversation, and that was that.
Today, I shall write more, at least seven to ten pages, maybe more, and I’d like to finish the chapter I’m on. I’ll eat, hopefully pick up packages, hopefully proof the new release package, relax, and write some more.
Tomorrow will be the same. Sunday I’ll give all the new pages to Muse Margaret, probably 100 of them if I’m up to page 130 as I should be. Then I’m seeing a play that night. Then we begin the very busy Kritzerland rehearsal week, we’ll announce our new release, we’ll have our stumble-through, and then sound check and show, and hopefully some miracles will have come through sooner than later, like now.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, write, eat, hopefully pick up packages, maybe proof, relax and write. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player and your DVD/Blu and Ray player? I’ll start – CD, our next release. Blu and Ray, who knows? Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to have done writing, writing, and more writing.