Running a publishing empire like this one can be a tad stressful at times, but I have to say that today has drifted past with great ease and a sense of calm.
A rare day in that regard (and I know this isn't an empire, but I thrive on my lame jokes). I feel relaxed.
Generally I'm grinding, bursting with insecurities and confusion, and a sense of not knowing.
Today? Just living the life and hoping for the best.
Saturday evening, I took a number of long strides in learning the new RBP editing system that I eventually plan to use to produce what I hope are videos a notch-step above what I've created in the past.
A broadcast television pro who, as he describes it, works in the "belly of the beast" helped me enormously. We'll see what transpires with my new-found understanding, or what I hope is understanding and not another dead end.
Additionally, I'm editing the third book in K.C. Bacon's trilogy of New Rotterdam tales, which should be ready for publication by late summer.
That's going well. I think I'm a good editor, not of my stuff of course, but of other things that pass under my nose. This part of the job always levels me out somewhat. The nuts and bolts stuff that clears my head and makes me think I'm contributing something of value to the world.
I like to think RBP has published some quality books to date (do tell me otherwise if you want Buddy Dooley to smack you upside the head), and I believe Bacon's latest will fit comfortably into the oeuvre.
What else is a man to do, I ask you? This is a racket after all, not unlike attempting to sell small figurines to equestrian-loving damsels.
Or a stack of baseball cards to a Cardinals fan.
BTW, I went over to Stott Field on the Portland State campus the other day and took in a Viking spring football practice, as has been my habit since moving into a nearby neighborhood a couple of years ago.
Maybe I'll post a little practice video here next week, like a football blogger.
I'm liking what I see from the Vikings in the third season of Nigel Burton's coaching tenure. Burton has his players and system in now. I look for PSU to make the playoffs next November.
Burton has the team playing fast and focused. I'm not a big fan of Chip Kelly at Oregon, but his influence on the college game is readily apparent. Kelly is a big-time practice coach and his methodology has spread throughout the college landscape.
His mantra is "play fast, hard, and finish."
That's what we say here at Round Bend as well.
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