Saturday Summary, May 14, 2011

Every Saturday, The Creative will feature a brief post about my current creative efforts and how they are progressing. If this doesn't interest you, read no further -- not only will I not be offended, I'll never know.

This has probably been my most productive week in recent memory, which is kind of sad when I think about how little I actually got done.  My one saving grace is that the school year is almost at an end, and my free time will dramatically increase.

Somewhat.

Music -- I continued working on The Bread and the Cup, a set of five communion pieces for Lorenz.  I actually borrowed the concept from a set of piano pieces they published that serve the same purpose as these bell pieces.  Each piece will have multiple options for repeats to vary the length, as well as the option to segue directly into the next piece in the book (and the last piece will segue back to the first), meaning a choir can play as much or as little music as they need to satisfy the length of their particular communion service.  Of course, the trick is getting the pieces to actually behave the way I want and need them to so that whole concept works.  I hope to have this set finished by this time next week.  Fingers crossed ...

Writing -- I got the latest proof copy of The Coming of the Heroes on Wednesday and have been looking it over, trying to see if it's ready for actual publication.  I hope to have some really good news on that front later today.

Publishing -- I don't think a single thing happened here this week.  I did see where the editors at J.W. Pepper put up some really nice reviews of my latest Beckenhorst pieces, so that was nice to see.  I've also seen that two of my most recent releases -- Faith, Hope, and Love from Lorenz and Two Carols for Christmas from Alfred -- got their Editors' Choice stamp.  I've never been able to figure out exactly what that means, but it seems like those pieces get a bit more hype in their catalogs, and as a result tend to sell a little better.  I try my best to just let things like that do what they're going to do and focus instead of writing new pieces ... but that doesn't mean I don't notice when they happen.  :)


That's it from here ... for now.  I hope to have some news later this afternoon (or tomorrow at latest) to share.  Until then, keep creating, and enjoy this wonderful Saturday.