I was up most of the night
writing about The Velvet Underground And Nico
for Steve’s LP Box, and decided that I am
only going for four editions this time around. It is an even number and as it
takes up a fair amount of time, I am keen to draw the line under it and free
myself up to start on the next project. There will be a Christmas edition as last
year, which I have started writing, (in the best tradition of festive
programmes, I am working on it in August), and I might return to it at some
point in the future as it is something I enjoy doing. When I did the second
series earlier this year I uploaded the whole lot at once, but this time I will
stagger the release and probably drop one a week in the four weeks leading up
to the Christmas one.
Although we are past the
halfway point of the year, I always think of August as the time to take stock of
what needs to be done before the end of the year. Maybe it’s because my
birthday is in a few days and that is when I take a look at myself and see how
far I’ve come since the beginning of the year. It could also be that I still
associate August with the school holidays and September as the start of a brand
new school year.
Things have been a bit slower
than I would have liked, but with three radio shows a week to hold down I don’t
think I have done too badly. As I’ve said before, I want to ideally get all of
the audio projects out of the way this year and crack on with film making in
2014. There are also several rather exciting prospects looking like happening
next year, and I want to be able to concentrate on them. The next project is
already in the writing stage, and I have to record some more Christmas audio
books to follow up from my version of A Christmas Carol
last year.
I said to my girlfriend Mandi
today that I seem to have finally stopped having ideas. This could be seen as a
bad thing but it isn’t, as it means I can concentrate on the projects that are
on my to-do list and not worry about the possibility of never completing it.
Sometimes I look at what needs doing and it feels like I’m pissing in the wind
to some extent. I have stuff going on this year that didn’t originally feature
on the list, and although I’m glad to always have something to do I do feel a
certain amount of pressure building up.
Still, three day weekend
coming right up.
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