Creative projects for the rest of this year

[between_time_and_42]

I need to make a list real quick.

-Where Did the Groove Go: A Sparks Tribute will be released on July 1st, so I’m working on getting it all in shape by the end of this month. Album artwork has been approved and the artist is moving forward with their sketch. Some final recording will be done today and tonight and hopefully by this weekend, all that’s left to do are the final mixes.

-Prose writing: I have one short story in progress and one in my head, and a novel that needs editing. I want to complete the stories before I continue edits on the novel. No projected timeframe for this.

-Songwriting: As soon as the Sparks project is done, I want to try to start writing a little bit every day, because I haven’t written a complete song in months. Between practicing for shows and work and recovering from work, I’ve been a bit negligent when it comes to this, although I come up with lyric ideas almost every day. Then again, I don’t have anything I specifically need to write songs for currently, it’s just good practice. Collaborate more?

-SNL reviews: As soon as the current batch of reviews are done posting, start working on the next batch. This would be a good activity to do when I come home from work and am chilling with no plans. This is a collaborative project so it all depends on how quickly my fellow reviewers work.

-Sparkstember & blog deletion: If Sparkstember happens again, I’m going to participate every day (what I’m planning on doing in order to participate is a surprise…), and then at the end of it, I’m announcing the upcoming deletion of my tumblr blog. This gives me three months to queue all the content I feel is worth saving so that followers can reblog it and therefore archive it on their own blog, and it gives my followers three months to share contact info (although tbh, all my friends already have me added on other sites, but if anyone else wants to follow me elsewhere, I’m not going to say no). Projected deletion date is New Year’s Day.

-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea book club: I’ll probably start taking a proper look into this around July. Divide the book into sections and set up the email list, then promote on tumblr. I also need to delete my music blog so I can use that email to make a new blog for the book club, although that’s not a big deal since I’ve been meaning to get rid of that blog for ages.

-EP recording: We’ll probably have to get started mid-August. Fingers crossed that we can get all the recording sessions done by the end of this year, and start mixing in 2023. (Thankfully there are only 4 songs to record!)

Comments

[plutodetective]

That's a lot of creative projects! I really admire you managing to keep all of them going. Good luck with all of them, and let me know if at any point you need some help with the book club!

[between_time_and_42]

Thank you!

I’ll try to work out what needs to be done for the book club and will definitely let you know if you can help with anything! For starters, actually, I was wondering if you have any ideas on what to call it :) I figure it wouldn’t be daily (I know Dracula Daily isn’t necessarily daily either but that’s a short, catchy title that works because of the alliteration- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Daily isn’t as tight and snappy!).

[plutodetective]

Hmm, that's a good question. I think it would be difficult to make something with the actual title work, though I may very well be wrong. The Sherlock Holmes one is Letters From Watson, which I think suits it well, so maybe something along those lines, like maybe Travels of the Nautilus?

[between_time_and_42]

That could work! Maybe Dispatches From the Nautilus or Voyage of the Nautilus? Feel like I need to have a poll option here haha. Travels of the Nautilus is maybe the strongest option though. I don’t know if it would count as a “voyage” if it’s underwater?

[plutodetective]

I like Voyage of the Nautilus! I think it still counts as traveling on the sea, although it's underwater, so it could be a good title. But I really like the idea of a poll between these options. :)