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So I've discovered, among other things, the soundtrack to my novel for this November.

I was busy drawing a cover for my book while watching The Nanny (sadly, I'm now done with the second season and the third one isn't out on DVD). I finished the picture and decided it needed to have a blurb -- you know that phrase or two on the cover that pretends to sum up the plot of the book but really is there to try and sell it? Well, looking at my picture (of a few planets in space, with the title in slanted lettering across the top), the first phrase that came to mind was "It's a long way from the moon up to the sun," a phrase from Switchfoot's song "Home." The more I thought about that song, the more it reminded me of the predicament that Kes, my main character, is in.

It's a long way from Miami to LA
It's a longer way from yesterday
To where I am today

It's a long way from my thoughts
To what I'll say
It's a long, long way from paradise
To where I am today

[...]

It's a long way from
The moon up to the sun
It's a longer road ahead of me
The road that I've begun

Stop to think of all the
Time I've lost
Start to think of all the
Bridges that I've burned
That must be crossed

[...]

I've been poison
I've been rain
I've been fooled again

I've seen ashes
Shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home

Home, home

I can see the stars
From way down here
But I can't fall asleep
Behind the wheel

It's a long way from the
Shadows in my cave
Up to Your reality to
Watch the sunlight taking over, over

Taking over, take me over...

It's about internal distance, the distances that must be traversed if a person is to find herself. It's about the journey that Kes goes on, through both the macrocosm of the universe and the microcosm of her own self. The more I began to think about it, I realized that the entire album that "Home" is on is the perfect soundtrack to my novel. It just seems to click so well, certain phrases just hitting home. It's the official sound of November for me.

(On a side note, the cover that I created for my book turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. Simple, but it gets the point across. It sure beats the cover of Dr. Chris's book -- and I drew it. Come on, could he have a worse cover? I think my little cousin could have drawn him a better one.)

You guys won't be hearing much from me once November starts, as my life will be devoted to the novel. But I don't have much more to say now...see ya!