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The King in Yellow

First, I have to mention again that the first Dead Milkmen album in sixteen years has been released digitally.  It should be available on iTunes and CD in the coming months.  The link above takes you to the Milkmen website, which will give you the “how” to buy this new album.  It’s your usual Milkmen greatness.  It’s so great to hear them again over 17 songs of pure genius.  The majority of songs featuring Rodney on vocals, while Jack handles the chores on a few as well.  It’s a continuation of the Milkmen sound.  It’s not a recreation of Big Lizard, Beelzebubba, or anything.  It’s just the next evolution in the songwriting, which offers up such nuggets to live by like “Don’t trust the happy – the happy are insane.”  Only $9.99 for download, which is more than worth it.  Hopefully, they may try to promote this with a little tour (fingers crossed). 

Untitled Jesus and Satan Project

This is the main project I’ve been working on, and it keeps changing directions.  The writing of it has been really interesting so far because things are happening with the story that I did not expect, and I’m not sure what to do about it.  I think it’ll make the editing process fun because I may have to decide in which direction to take the book.  At first, I thought it was just going to be a comedy.  Then, I started putting in some “themes” and “serious” chapters that I hadn’t expected.  Finally, there’s a bit of horror that was thrown in.

So, I keep writing whatever comes to me.  One chapter is a little more goofy, another is about friendship, father/son relationships, and marriage, and then the next is just a horror thing.  I’m not sure if it will all work together once I’ve finished, but, if anything, some of the chapters I’m writing will be good for my own purposes and building the characters.  I’m hoping it all works together because I’m loving the different things I’m writing, and I’m not sure I could decide on one specific tone or direction to take.  I don’t think it’s necessary.  I will just need to integrate it all much better.

If I write a comedy/drama/horror story, will it be seen as “this person didn’t know what they were trying to do” or will it be appreciated if I can get them all to meld?  It’s been a good time.  I think I have forty hand-written pages so far (probably 60 – 80 typed pages), and I think it’s a story that could be different and fun.  I have just been writing chapter after chapter, not worrying about the flow at this time, knowing I will need to address it later on.

Usually, I have a beginning and end in mind when I try to write a book, and the middle is a big mystery.  When I get about twenty or thirty pages in, it just falters, and I find myself re-writing the same pages over and over and over.  This one just keeps going, so I have high hopes for it.  I just don’t know if my original idea is going to fit in anymore, and that may not be a bad thing.  Also, if I take a few weeks off from writing, then I always had to re-start.  For this book, I can take weeks off and just pick it up and keep going.  I’ve never felt like I’ve had progress like this.  If I’ve had an idea that I want to do, I’ve never figured out a good way to get there, so this is exciting for me.

This blog is vague, I know.  I’m just excited about the process at this time and hope it continues.  I’m also wondering what to do with it.  Obviously, I’d like to try to get published, but I wonder if I should start looking into digital publishing or something.  I want to start sharing the story, but I don’t know where it’s headed, so I know nothing is ready to share yet.  With another story that I’m writing, How To Kill A Vampire, I’m writing it using a blog – unedited and just going with it.  It’s that instant gratification you don’t get when working on a regular book during your lunch hour or late at night when everyone is asleep. 

Reminds me – I haven’t posted anything on that other story for over a week….

 

Pudding & Fruit

I created a page on Facebook for Pudding & Fruit, which is the band I was in from 1992 – 1996.  I was going to start up a new project and thought – you know, I had started up Pudding & Fruit with one other person and then, when that ended, took it from there.  I could do a “King Missile” type of thing and continue to play under the Pudding & Fruit name.  Figure whoever is available at the time can be a part of it.  I am going to save up for a pair of headphones that I saw for fifty bones at Best Buy.  When I do that, I’m going to create a demo for a new song – it’ll be the first new Pudding & Fruit song in fifteen years.  With technology the way it is, we may be able to bring the studio to different people and get the band recorded.  That would be fun.  So, the creativity bug has been active…

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