I've had to make a scheduling adjustment to my recording priorities. Instead of the book I had planned to begin next, I'll be starting a young adult book, The Distant Shore, by Debora M. Coty with the possibility of recording the sequel, too. Since I have a deadline of May 31st for this one, I've moved it ahead of Dust. Received the manuscript today and prep work begins.
On the family front, I'm going to be heading to Virginia for a few days in May to visit my sister Heidi and her family. Can't wait to see two of my three nieces. I've whipped up the first of two headbands for them that I'll be taking with me. This was a cute and easy pattern called the 'Checkered Headband' and can be found here. I decided to add a strawberry button to each of them since I had some left over after using them as decoration on the Amigurumi cupcakes I made for the girls for Valentine's Day.
I also found a darling pattern for a little purse that I hope I can manage to make for all three of my nieces. I have to finish the two I'm taking to Virginia first since my oldest niece lives here so I have a little more time to work on her things. I'll post the pattern with pics when I get a chance to start on the purses.
Now it's time to start reading (and marking up) The Distant Shore.
Just as I was about to start recording a very long chapter in my current LibriVox project today, I heard the unmistakable sounds of city workers beginning street resurfacing of my neighborhood. Argh! This means we'll have to drive on one side of the street only as they pave the other side. That I can handle. It's the noise part I can't take. I can hear that truck and bulldozer (or whatever they call it) inside my recording studio/closet. When the windows and house rumble -- that's a problem.
The chapters for A Yellow Journalist have all been pretty long but this one, chapter 12, is 30 pages. I wanted to wrap this book up because I have two children's books that I found in a used bookstore that was going out of business that are not listed on any of the usual places online. (That store was a goldmine.) Both books are pre-1923 so I can record them for LibriVox and then donate the books to Project Gutenberg to be scanned and added to
Not me but pretty close.
their online full-text printed books collection -- free for everyone.
Today's events and the days coming up have put a kink in my plans. I finished the short story for a crime collection that's being produced by Iambik but, right now the only books available for audition are all for male narrators. So I thought this would be a good time to work on my LibriVox projects before I have another chance at some auditions for Iambik.
I am not a happy camper today. I know these guys are just doing their jobs but, nevertheless. I guess it's a good excuse to watch the last episode of BBCA's "Luther" on demand.
Here is my response to the noise. I feel like blasting it from my front window but they might actually like it. From one of my favorite divas -- Karen O.
Happy Valentine's Day to George. This is the only version of this song I've ever liked.
Now if that guy pressure washing my neighbor's house and driveway doesn't finish very soon... grrr... I'm testing out my new microphone, the Blue Yeti, and it picks up everything.
Obviously someone must have considered the size of this big boy when they named it. I've been playing around with it since last night and the sound is great but I have to get used to a different set-up. I've been using an Altec Lansing headset for almost 4 years so using this is pretty cool.
I'm going to record this week's Weekly Poem for LibriVox as my first project. I would love to have had this when I started the solo I'm working on now -- In the Cage -- by Henry James but I don't want to switch over halfway through a project.
