Post by Slaine mac Roth on Sept 10, 2005 12:45:14 GMT
from Neil Peart.net
As of July 1st, 2005, I have just finished the first draft of a book about the R30 tour, with the unwieldy title of ROADSHOW: Landscape With Drums, A Concert Tour By Motorcycle.
(Hey, I just want the title to tell what it’s about!)
The book is constructed around the 57 shows we did on that tour — all across the U.S., a couple in Canada, and 14 in Europe — plus the 20,000 miles of motorcycling I did between those shows, but it inevitably stretches out into the world around me.
I’ll say no more about it yet, but judging by my past books, which have taken about 14 months to complete, I’ve got another six or eight months of work to do yet. The “memory work” was the most urgent thing, as I felt kind of pressured to get the first draft down — didn’t want to forget anything — and now begins the difficult, but pleasurable, process of making it all “nice.”
We’ll see what my editor, Paul McCarthy, has to say about it.
As of July 1st, 2005, I have just finished the first draft of a book about the R30 tour, with the unwieldy title of ROADSHOW: Landscape With Drums, A Concert Tour By Motorcycle.
(Hey, I just want the title to tell what it’s about!)
The book is constructed around the 57 shows we did on that tour — all across the U.S., a couple in Canada, and 14 in Europe — plus the 20,000 miles of motorcycling I did between those shows, but it inevitably stretches out into the world around me.
I’ll say no more about it yet, but judging by my past books, which have taken about 14 months to complete, I’ve got another six or eight months of work to do yet. The “memory work” was the most urgent thing, as I felt kind of pressured to get the first draft down — didn’t want to forget anything — and now begins the difficult, but pleasurable, process of making it all “nice.”
We’ll see what my editor, Paul McCarthy, has to say about it.
