I’ve taken my sleeping pill for the night, which means that any time now I could start doing/saying some really weird stuff. I have no intention of being your laugh-slave for the evening, so I’ll make this quick.

Chapters? Are being written, guys. Thousands of words… tippity-typed out. w00t! Are they all genius? No, but that’s beside the point. The first draft is just the bones, right? The understructure for beauty. The rewrite is when you go back and weave in all the pretty stuff. At least, that’s my plan.

And also? I’ve written a lovely, moody little tune on my flute. It’s slow and flowing and composed in some melancholy minor key… and it goes along with a scene in my story. (Not to give away too much, but the scene involves a lovely young princess who is stolen away into the woods by the nymphs… the male nymph seducing her with a lovely tune on his wood flute.) The tune was there in my head so I took a little time and figured it out, and then enlisted the help of my flute instructor to get it written down properly. Now if only I also played the piano, classical guitar, and perhaps the harp so I could properly compose the whole thing… *sigh* oh well.

And now I’m off… there are weird phone conversations to be had, and strange items to be eaten, and crazy yoga poses to be contorted into before I finally check out for the night.

Nighty-nighters all.

(Have I mentioned the yam situation in Africa…?)

2 Comments »

1. You compose music too? I’m feeling pretty gipped that you kept this music talent of yours hidden while I lived there. You better post a video blog so we can all here this masterpiece of yours. =)

   Comment by Dianalolsen@gmail.ccom — January 25, 2010 @ 7:50 am

2. I decided since you’re such a faithful reader of ours, I would return in kind. Mom blogs, I find, are pretty funny.

   Anyway, just a little FYI, I’ve spent the last few years acquiring all the pieces (or many of them) for building a little recording studio in my house (being a musician myself). So if you decide you want to record your flute piece or any other, umm…nympho-centric(?) tunes, let me know. We’d be happy to host some recording sessions for you. I also have drums, guitars, piano, even an accordion if you want to add texture to it.

   Here’s a little tune we just recorded for a little neighbor girl. She wrote the lyrics and melody. I just provided the studio and added some instrumentation. She’s 11. She only sang one verse. The second is just karaoke.

   Anyway, just to get an idea of the kind of capability we have around here.

   Comment by MrHattyHat — January 27, 2010 @ 3:49 pm

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