Defeating Giants!

Well, things are moving along FAST! The last story, The Sacrifice of Isaac is finished, I just recorded the intros (my son, Will, mixed those this afternoon) and the NIV master CD was just created! You can hear samples of the stories here.

I received some preliminary artwork from artist Greg Rudd, who has done all the illustrations on the covers, and we are getting ready to approve the final work there.

And we are getting the ISBN numbers, coordinating with the graphic designer to get the covers designed, and working on getting everything ready.

So I'm back off to work! We are hoping to have the CD's ready to sell by 2 weeks from now, and certainly at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival!

And don't miss the show "Defeating Giants" on November 9th, where I will perform some of these stories, and will be joined by internationally renowned mime Dan Cossette and interpretive dancer and choreographer Katherine Sarris!

On the road again...

Well, this past week I have been in beautiful Harvey Cedars, NJ (yes, there are pretty areas in New Jersey!) at a conference/retreat for home schooling families. I have been running a storytelling workshop for the teens. God has been blessing that effort. The program on Thursday night went well... now on to round 2 next week! I will be running the same program, but this time for the whole week instead of just the first half of the week.

In between (i.e. this weekend) I am at ANOTHER home school conference, this one in my home state of Connecticut. I am one of the featured speakers.

I will be sharing my "Impacting the Culture" talk, as well as several talks on homeschooling and 2 of my "Waiting on the LORD" talks.

The news on the new CD isn't terribly exciting. I am trying to schedule a time to go up and mix Gideon. I also am toying with several ideas for the other stories on the CD. Again, feel free to suggest anything you think would be interesting!

Countdown To "Defeating Giants"...

Well... the studio time and engineer have been booked! I will be recording 2 new stories on Friday with my great creative audio engineer Sonny Dufault. The stories will be on my new CD, which is tentatively called Defeating Giants.

I memorize each story before I record it. This allows me to perform the story and refine the characters and tone. I have been performing David and Goliath for about 2 years now, and Namaan the Leper for several months. I decided that now was the time to record those stories, and mix in the music and sound effects. I am presently memorizing and getting the story of Gideon ready, and I hope to record that in the not to distant future.

Sonny, the audio engineer I work with, has a great ear. His skill in recording my voice, and then in being able to pick out or create sound effects and music that compliments the stories is unmatched. We have been working together on various projects since 1988, and I think he knows what I like, and I know and trust his advice and ideas.

So... the CD is on its way!

I'll keep you up to date!