Well, where to start? My latest Sanford News column is now available online and in print. If you click the link, you'll get the online version, but you already knew that. The column is about one of my hobbies (and sources of income), vinyl records.
Way back in my last post I mentioned that I am now writing for Yahoo Contributor Network. Here is a link to my Yahoo Contributor Page. I've written 22 articles so far, with about 6 waiting to be approved. The problem is, it takes about 2 weeks for an article to be approved. As you can see, I write about whatever pops into my head - some music articles, some sports, some ebay, and even a few articles to spread my plumbing knowledge. It's just sitting in my brain, doing nothing, so I may as well share it with others, right? I'm trying to write at least one article per day. It doesn't pay much but I'm hoping that as I write more the pay will increase.
I've written 80,000 words of Rock Star. I know my goal was to be finished by the end of July, but now I'm shooting for the end of August. I seem to remember hoping for the end of June but we'll ignore that. The end is in sight! I know how the story is going to end, I'm just not sure how I'm going to get there.
I finished reading Jimmy Connors's book, "The Outsider". It was good, I enjoyed it, although I didn't really learn anything new about him. I read John McEnroe's book several years ago and I remember liking that one better. He's supposed to have another one out this fall, I believe. I started Stephen King's "Joyland" a few days ago. So far I'm really enjoying it. I really think his writing has gotten better as he's aged. There aren't many people that can said about. He's less a horror writer now and more a storyteller. But I did see that his next book is a sequel to "The Shining". I won't read that.
Well, I'm going to write a bit more of "Rock Star" now. I've been listening to the Eagles "Hotel California" album almost every night while I write, but I may listen to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds today. Nice, laid-back music to drift away in.
