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I was wrong about Atlas Shrugged

"I don't think I can finish reading Atlas Shrugged," Larry told me. "I got to

22 Jan

I was wrong about The Grapes of Wrath

A while back I wrote a post in which I compared The Grapes of Wrath to Atlas Shrugged, noting that

18 Jan

A bit about money, plus Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life

I have a new personal finance advice column in Vox today: I plan to retire in 2025. Am I financially

13 Jan

Games and wagers

"Exponential" is scored, which means that I am very likely to both start and finish "Enter the

08 Jan

How does this book exist

I am, unbelievably, almost finished scoring the exponential growth number for MELISANDE. Tomorrow I'm going to do the

07 Jan

Avoid all that which would ask you not to think

It only took me four iterations before I was able to start building the accompaniment for MELISANDE's big

06 Jan

The math either works or it doesn't

I wrote out the vocal lines for the exponential growth song this morning and began putting in some chords for

02 Jan

Ravel and MELISANDE

It's time to show my work, so here we go: This is the first movement of the Ravel

23 Jan

Project management

"Enter the Princes" is finished, which means it's time to start bringing people over to the

21 Jan

Showing my work (and more thoughts on work in general)

The MELISANDE excerpt will be behind the paywall as usual, and if you are curious why I even have a

14 Jan

Games and wagers

"Exponential" is scored, which means that I am very likely to both start and finish "Enter the

08 Jan

More Middlemarch, more MELISANDE

I am testing out several different ways of accompanying the exponential growth number for MELISANDE, by which I mean I&

05 Jan

Middlemarch and MELISANDE

(It's a little hard to tell because Ghost blurs the words before the paywall, but I recorded and

03 Jan

The thing about creating an integrated work of art

I began scoring the "exponential growth" number for MELISANDE this morning. This will be a complicated piece because

01 Jan

Is Beast Games the final form of philanthropy?

Last night Larry and I went through all of the existing music for MELISANDE and talked about what worked and

09 Jan

I figured out the flaw in Taking Children Seriously

First of all, I finished scoring the "I Want" song for MELISANDE this morning. I am thrilled both

22 Dec

Showing my work

I'm both a pianist and an organist, which means I've played a lot of Christmas Eve

19 Dec

This kind of learning

Larry suggested that I should start writing about what both of us are doing, since we're both doing

05 Dec

"no learning gets done over the holidays"

So first of all I should mention that I did watch My Old Ass, or at least the first twenty

15 Nov

"why do we even write music anyway"

I'm going to see if I can come around to where my thoughts are taking me, starting with

05 Nov

Showing my work

I actually recorded this on Friday, but you get it today. ❤️ First is Bach Invention in C Major plus the

02 Nov

December 2024

Scored "I Want" for MELISANDE. Completed one assignment for Dwell, two assignments for Vox, and one spec assignment

30 Dec

November 2024

Scored "To a Fairy Godmother" for MELISANDE. Completed two assignments for Bankrate and one for Vox. Taught two

30 Nov

October 2024

Scored "Like You" for MELISANDE. Applied to the Illinois Creative Accelerator Fund to support MELISANDE. Completed four assignments

31 Oct

September 2024

Scored "Once Upon a Time" and "Twice Trouble" for MELISANDE. Applied to Emergent Ventures to support

30 Sep

August 2024

Completed the Act One book for MELISANDE. Completed four assignments for Newsweek, two for Bankrate, and one for Vox. Taught

30 Aug

July 2024

Began drafting MELISANDE. Completed four assignments for Newsweek and four assignments for Vox. Coached one writer on her novel and

31 Jul

June 2024

Married Larry Finley, the great love of my life. Completed four freelance assignments for Newsweek, one for AOL, one for

30 Jun

More thoughts on Middlemarch (also, why Ayn Rand is like keto)

I am up to Chapter LI in Middlemarch (that would be Chapter 51, although I will admit I had to

24 Jan

Games and wagers

"Exponential" is scored, which means that I am very likely to both start and finish "Enter the

08 Jan

How does this book exist

I am, unbelievably, almost finished scoring the exponential growth number for MELISANDE. Tomorrow I'm going to do the

07 Jan

Avoid all that which would ask you not to think

It only took me four iterations before I was able to start building the accompaniment for MELISANDE's big

06 Jan

More Middlemarch, more MELISANDE

I am testing out several different ways of accompanying the exponential growth number for MELISANDE, by which I mean I&

05 Jan

Middlemarch and MELISANDE

(It's a little hard to tell because Ghost blurs the words before the paywall, but I recorded and

03 Jan