Can You Feel This?

It only comes once per year, and no, I'm not talking about Christmas. I'm talking about the annual release of Madden NFL Football on your favorite videogame system. It's not the greatest football videogame franchise of all-time (reserved for 2K Sports' efforts), but it's all we get. As I sit here now, I'm watching the 4th quarter of a preseason NFL game. Yeah, that's right, the preseason. Who cares about preseason? I guess I do. So, Madden is releasing this coming Friday, and this years NCL fantasy football draft with my friends is this coming Saturday. So it's a pretty good weak, yet again. Two in a row!

Last night was Green Day. My goodness did they rock! They're such a phenomenal band, and the front man, Billie Joe Armstrong, kept the crowd engaged for the two-hour set. It'd been five years since I'd last seen them, and they might be even better than I remember. The stage and set was amazing, as was the music. So, next on the concert agenda will be Blink 182, Fallout Boy and the All-American Rejects in September.

I stopped by the book section this morning just to see what's selling. And do you know what's selling? Yep, you guessed it: Freaking Vampires! I might work a vampire into 'The Plunge' as an additional angle. I'm not saying that I need it, just saying that it might help.

So, I'm done with my most recent rewrite of 'The Plunge.' This week I'll be getting the newest version of the manuscript bound for my wife's perusal, and after she finishes I'll run through it one more time. This past weekend I identified five agents that would be ideal to represent 'The Plunge.' As I finish-up, I'll begin to write query letters and hopefully something will stick. The other day I was telling someone that they were just like messages in bottles. Maybe someone will ready them, maybe they won't. Nevertheless, I'll be trying.

My next writing project will be the rewrite of the novel I wrote over the holidays, 'Waterglade.' Anyone remember, 'Waterglade'? It's a neat little story that's got some legs and room for plenty of sequels. More details on 'Waterglade' as I'm working through it.

Until next time...