Written to Delicate by Taylor Swift

Current books I am immersed in:  Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, and Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

A caveate:  I will now be including the music I am listening to and/or the book(s) I am reading.  I feel this serves as a mulch for my blogging garden.  

So this week I had the idea to give my small New Monkees’ fan audience a sneak peek of my musings.  This week I introduced Larry Saltis or rather gave fans a glimpse of him.  The man, rather than his image.  This was an opportunity to stretch my wings a bit.  Well, both stretch and restrict as I could only afford a few paragraphs.

Larry came out smoothly since I didn’t give him a second thought.  He is easier to write at the moment. His muse is ready, developed, and eager to speak.

I cast a vote to folks to see who they wanted to hear about next.  Currently it is neck and neck between Marty and Dino.  No doubt because the two of them are part of the fan page.  I am interested to see how the votes will turn out.  The next step will be figuring out how to squeeze huge observations and countless metaphors into just a few paragraphs.  Admittedly, the other 3 men will prove more difficult to narrow down since so many of their distinctive qualities should be set aside for the book.

So I have to reside on a more general description. An “if you could describe Marty, Jared, or Dino in one or two words what would it be?” kind of question. Then go from there.

The cool thing is that folks are getting excited to find out more about these guys and in turn, me.  This is where I build trust in my readers.  This is also where I attempt to pass muster with Dino and Marty.  It is rather surreal to describe someone when that very same someone is reading your every word.  It will be my attempt to introduce them to people,  not just in relation to myself but in relation to their own lives. Will the guys still trust me after this?  We shall see.