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Time to face the music

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While striking another month off the calendar, and even the 15th Aniversary of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna’s death passing, I haven’t found a single hour to work on my book. I’ve been very busy with many, many other activities which require as much priority as attention, so I believe it’s time for me to face the music:

  • I won’t be working on The Encounter Down Under, at least until the end of Summer.

That saddens me, because I’ve had a great time coming up with ideas, doing research, and writing my Senna versus Schumacher story. It’s just a matter of first things first for me, and I hope to be able to dedicate some more time to my story, either in its original form or as a prober book, from September or October.

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Oh, how little time…

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Sadly, I’ve had precious little time to work on my book, lately. I’ve been busy with family matters, church matters, Easter et cetera. I have received a reply from the potential publisher on the alternative idea for my Senna versus Schumacher story, however… although I haven’t had the time to look into that properly.

I hope to find some free time either this weekend or next week… and as always, I’ll keep you posted.

Edit: I see, now, that my last post was as far back as mid-March. I’m deeply ashamed. 😉

Anxious for publisher’s reply

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I have to say, I’m quite anxious for the potential publisher’s reply regarding my alternate approach. Whatever his view, it’ll mean I’ll get back to work on my story sooner rather than later. And despite having been quite busy doing loads of other things, I would like to get back into the flow of my Senna versus Schumacher story and working towards finishing either the current approach or getting started on the new one. And who knows, maybe I’ll work on both of them…

Outline for book concept submitted to publisher

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The last 4 to 5 weeks I worked on an outline for a book of my Senna versus Schumacher story. I won’t give too much away just yet, but it involves 6 fictional characters that are, in one way or another, involved in the rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.

I submitted the outline to the publisher last week, but he’s on holiday now. So I hope to hear from him early April, and talk to him about how to move forward from this. I’ll keep you posted!

Discussed my book with a potential publisher

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Late January, I discussed my book, The Encounter Down Under, with a potential publisher. I contacted him through a mutual acquaintance at LinkedIn — actually, there were two steps between him and me — and we met at his office in Amsterdam. He had read part I of the Senna versus Schumacher story and liked the what-if concept of my book.

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