It's barely a week into the new year and I'm already busy busy. I've been working on an official web page for EarthDance, which I'm launching off my TypePad account so it will be easy to update and maintain. I may change that in the future, but for now, I kind of like how it looks. If you peek at it, note that it's still only about a quarter done, and there's going to be a wealth of information there by the time I'm finished. As it is, I think it's kind of pretty (although it looks pretty much just like every blog I design--but hey, go with what works, right?).
Before I can start teaching the trad there are a frillion things I need to do, but my goal is to start the first in-person course this Spring. You know, because I'm insane. I still have no estimate for when online training will be available.
On the book front, I've had another idea step up and steal some of the limelight from the Graces book. It's still nebulous and disorganized so I don't want to go into it just yet, but I'm beginning to wonder which I should (or can) work on right now. When ideas come, they come not as single spies, but as platoons of pesky little pixies poking me and proclaiming, "Psssst!"
The thing about is--and I've said this before in a variety of places--for me, writing a book isn't just repeating 200 pages of information I already know. I write via a total immersion technique, which anyone will tell you is the best way to learn a new language. I experience what I write as much as the reader does, and each book is an education and revelation for me as much as it is a creative process. When it comes time to write, I can't get up the necessary fortitude to commit to a book unless I feel deeply and immediately passionate about the subject, which means that I can't write about anything that isn't relevant to my life where I stand.
That's part of why I didn't get anything started in 2006. My life was a study in chaos and emotional turmoil, and I couldn't nail down a single feeling long enough to explore it. Each day seemed to bring a new form of suck. Now, things are leveling off, and I have both the time and the attention to devote to delving deeply into...something.
It's almost time to get started, however, so look for upcoming posts that involve me bashing my head against my monitor in frustration as I start outlining and gathering notes.
Also this week keep an eye out for a new book review that I hope to have finished in the next couple of days.
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