I’m feeling like I’ve got some resolution. Not the “new year’s” kind, though. During the holiday break I’d been thinking a lot about Slacker Manager and the (still dragging along) book deal. I’ve been dissatisfied with the switch to the blog network–hasn’t really worked out as I’d hoped. Also, I’ve recently spoken with the agent who I’ve been working with on the book deal and he planted some new seeds in my brain about the format of the book. Until then I’d been more inclined to let that opportunity pass, mainly for lack of time. But I was still feeling torn about the book opportunity and really trying to examine my motives for wanting to write a book.

Tonight I’m feeling like I’ve got some resolution on both fronts. I wrote to the folks at the blog network and described my dissatisfaction, and spoke of my inclination to take Slacker Manager back to an indie blog. That felt good to get off my back. Then I wrote a post on Slacker Manager that started me thinking about the book deal and how it might actually work. Plus it gets the SM readers involved a bit, which I think is super cool. I’m still not holding my breath on the book deal, but the proposed revised format feels like a breath of fresh air and it feels like something I could have fun doing. We’ll see how it goes.

Also, for those interested, I’m soon to launch yet another blog effort: Yamhill.TV. I won’t try to describe it here. Rather I’ll let you see if it makes sense to you from what’s written there. Note that as of now there’s no content up there, but here’s a sneak preview of the first episode.