On Hold

I've come to the undeniable conclusion that this isn't going to work as is. I just can't find interest in writing when I don't have a story in place. I've concluded that I can't really make this up as I go along...not literally because I can't...but because if I don't have the excitement of the story planned out, I'm very unmotivated to tell that story. There's nothing to tell because there is no story, and I find myself turning to other projects that are more motivating.

So, that being said, I'm putting this project on hold for a bit until I put together an outline for the story and have the basic conflict and resolution in place. It shouldn't be too long and I'll get back to trying to post every day, so stay tuned.

Test recording

So I did a quick test recording of myself reading the first part. And just for the fun of it (sort of goofing off) I read it with a bit of an accent. I had been chatting with a friend and we had joked how we always enjoyed our books on tape better when the reader had a British accent. So I gave it a shot. I don't do a really great British...but...I was fairly surprised that I quite liked the results. Primarilly, it keeps me from mumbling and being marble mouthed and sounding Utahn. Beyond that, it keeps me annunciating...which is awesome.

Anyhow, it's not a really clean recording (my wife was doing the dishes in the background at the time) but it gives the idea of what I'm thinking.

Peter and the Pumpkin Eater reading - first part - test