Now that I’ve found renewed energy and enthousiasm for my Senna versus Schumacher story, I’ve even created a planning for myself and my co-author. It looks more than feasible to write the new-and-improved version of the story for release on the 20th anniversary of Senna’s death, on May 1st, 2014.
On writing
It looks like things are working out for ‘Senna vs Schumacher’
It looks like I’m getting up to speed again in gathering my thoughts regarding a broader look at my Senna versus Schumacher story.
- I’m looking at taking the concept another step further than I was contemplating late last year — I wrote about that on 19 December.
- I’ve been in touch with a co-author. He’s rather well-known in motor racing history circles, but I’ll keep his identity to myself for now.
- Today I contacted the publisher I spoke with some 3 years ago. He hadn’t forgotten about my idea either, and would like to talk about it again.
I’ve given the Senna versus Schumacher concept some more thought
The past few weeks I’ve given the Senna versus Schumacher concept, as opposed to just the Encounter Down Under story, some more thought. I’ve thought about the current story, too, of course, but tried to take it a level up.
The outlook for the coming weeks and months
It is now late September 2011 and almost 4 years since I started work on my Senna versus Schumacher story. In the mean time I’ve become a father… twice, changed jobs… twice, and joined my church board as vice-chairman and later chairman… and quit, last month. Primarily the latter should give me more time to get back to writing ‘The Encounter Down Under’.
What’s my plan?
- First of all, I’d like to come up with some sort of plan to assign, e.g., one night per week and perhaps every other Sunday afternoon as well, to work on the story.
- Second, I’ll re-read all my work up to the 1994 Canadian Grand Prix, which is halfway through part II of Encounter, and make any (small) changes and correct errors where needed.
- And third, I’d like to give the concept that I’ve chosen in the summer of 2007 — i.e. writing a free e-book — as well as the talk I had in February of 2009 with a publisher — this was for a Dutch-language version of the story, although the publisher was critical of the way I’d been writing up to that point — a good thought, too.
So, I’m not sure you’ll see any new work appear on the site any time soon. But I’ll re-start keeping you updated on what I’m working on, even though it may not yet be the writing itself.
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Getting back into the habit
I’ve recently quit my chairman duties in my church’s council. This gives me a lot of more time on my hands. And despite my wife being pregnant with our second child — due late July — I expect to get back into the habit of writing my Senna versus Schumacher story. I’ll keep you posted.
Senna versus Schumacher 
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