Okay, we'll try this again...
I'm going to re-record the first reading. I've made changes to the text in the manuscript, and I've identified areas in the former reading, that just didn't sit right with me. I've uploaded my first reading to here, so you can see what the first reading sounded like. Not very inspiring, I think. Also, there are some edits needed towards the end... around minute 10:40 or so, and from there it gets slightly more clunky.
I think I was just tired, when I did the first reading, which is why it's so important to be fully rested and have some energy!!! when you do your readings. If you haven't got the energy on hand, either get some more rest and wait till you do, or reach deep down inside yourself, and see what you can come up with.
No excuses.
About the last thing I want, is to be one of those writers who's obviously used to solitude and can't muster the energy for a compelling performance. Who, I ask you, is going to pony up fifteen bucks, or so, to buy something that even its creator can't get excited about? I'm telling you, part of the reason the publishing business is such a challenge, is probably because the creators of the very works that are supposed to be getting out there, can't find it within themselves to get excited about presenting their own work.
People -- pony up! Writers -- show a little spunk! I don't care if you're accustomed to spending 24 hours a day in solitary confinement. If you have gone to the extreme lengths of having written a book, and you've communicated with the Divine thoroughly enough to come up with something that you can be proud to put your name on, then for heaven's sake, show a little pride, and put some "oomph" behind it. Nobody is going to fault you for standing behind your work. But they'll certainly fault you for not standing behind it.
I think I was just tired, when I did the first reading, which is why it's so important to be fully rested and have some energy!!! when you do your readings. If you haven't got the energy on hand, either get some more rest and wait till you do, or reach deep down inside yourself, and see what you can come up with.
No excuses.
About the last thing I want, is to be one of those writers who's obviously used to solitude and can't muster the energy for a compelling performance. Who, I ask you, is going to pony up fifteen bucks, or so, to buy something that even its creator can't get excited about? I'm telling you, part of the reason the publishing business is such a challenge, is probably because the creators of the very works that are supposed to be getting out there, can't find it within themselves to get excited about presenting their own work.
People -- pony up! Writers -- show a little spunk! I don't care if you're accustomed to spending 24 hours a day in solitary confinement. If you have gone to the extreme lengths of having written a book, and you've communicated with the Divine thoroughly enough to come up with something that you can be proud to put your name on, then for heaven's sake, show a little pride, and put some "oomph" behind it. Nobody is going to fault you for standing behind your work. But they'll certainly fault you for not standing behind it.
posted by Kay Stoner at 6:09 AM
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