I'm Almost Done
Back in December I mentioned that I wanted to write twelve essays for the book. I wanted the book to have some content that had never been online. It was too much. I've finished seven and I think I'm about done. Chuck sent an email that said, "I think the book has reached critical mass. Why don't you finish up that last one and that's it."
Amen.
Here are the essays I've finished for the book:
- I'm Sorry for What I Said About the Moon
- This is What I Say About the Moon
- I Eat TV Preachers
- Just to Sit and Cry and Not be Bothered
- Let Him Be Called Real Live Preacher
- Everett Thomas Taylor Was a Real Boy
- Call Me Israel and I Shall Proclaim the Day of the Lord
I'm currently working on the last essay which may be called, "Why Don't You Write Something About Prayer?" Once I ice that one, I'm done. Stick a fork in me, as they say.
And not a moment too soon. I'm out of gas for this kind of writing. I can't wait to start writing for the blog again. It's funny, I have a lot of energy when I'm writing for the blog, but writing for the book takes it out of me. I don't understand that, but I do know that if you find a kind of writing that energizes you, that's good. You should stick with it.
If you consider that I spent the entire month of December writing the Christmas story and the entire month of January working on the book essays, it's been two months since I wrote anything fresh for the blog. Except for this thing, which dropped out of my mind one afternoon when I said "Screw it, I'm writing for the blog."
There will be other kinds of work to do for the book. I'll have to write an intro, communicate with the marketing people, blah blah blah. I don't know what to expect, but I'll be done creating new material. At least I think I'll be done. I hope I'll be done.
Because I have two months worth of ideas scribbled in my notebook, essays hastily begun and regretfully abandoned, and other assorted ideas that need to be worked out.
What I'm saying is, I'm almost back. And I need to be back. I miss writing for the blog more than you can know.
I have learned something else. Sometimes I need to put aside my need to post crafted and polished essays and just "talk" with you. That's good too. Sometimes it's nice just to write and not worry about how it sounds.
I do appreciate you listening to my thoughts and struggles for the last two months.
Thanks.
rlp
9:15:37 PM 
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