Saturday Summary, November 19, 2011

I have been decidedly bad about posting on The Creative these past couple of weeks.  I haven't done a single Wednesday morning post (though I've thought about it -- just haven't had the time), something I hope to change starting next week. 

Of course, I haven't had much time for doing much of anything else, either -- including my creative work.  With it being National Novel Writing Month, and with me helping now four grades of students through the adventure (plus one eager second grader who, despite the fact I'm not providing class time for her to work on it, is still out-writing most of the other students in the school), I'm spending far more time this month being a cheerleader than a creator.  Great for the kids, a wonderful feeling for me ... not so good for helping out my to-do list, which is staring at me and sneering from the whiteboard on the wall.

Music -- I worked a little bit on an arrangement of Now Thank We All Our God.  There are parts I'm happy with, and other parts I'll probably end up chucking out on their ears.  Actually, I'm not even convinced I'm happy with the key I've set it in, so this one might need some major overhauls before it's done.

Writing -- I've done a fair bit of this, but only because it's NaNoWriMo time, and I'm now a little over 6,000 words behind.  I hope to play some catch-up today and reduce that deficit by a fair bit, but finding the time to sit down and do it is a hard thing.

I've also come to the realization that the second book in The Sadonian Chronicles, Fealty and Fire, isn't going to be done by December as I had hoped.  My new goal is to have it done sometime in the spring -- more updates as I get closer to setting a final date.

Publishing -- I received my proof this week of We Adore Thee! from Alfred.  I'll look it over and get corrections back, and then it ought to make an appearance in Spring or Early Summer 2012. 


That's about it from here.  My hope this weekend and next week is to have some much better news come next Saturday -- a two-day school week next week ought to help that -- and a much more manageable to-do list.  I'm starting to get behind on my composing again (not a place I like to be) and even my non-composing tasks are starting to mount.  Instead of bemoaning the fact here, though, I'm going to go get busy.  I wish you all luck today, as well, in whatever creative endeavors you undertake!