I'm not sure what the score is, but I'm hoping to win another deadline by Friday, May 16. I've got a ton of work to accomplish between now and then, and I can hardly believe it's already "that time" again. I extend the May/June deadline until the end of March, so SXSW doesn't get too crazy with deadline and those many events, which shortens this July/August deadline from 8 weeks to 6 weeks. And there's a trip to Nashville for almost a week near the middle of that, so no wonder why I feel like I'm on the short end of thise production cycle -- I am!
Besides the deadline, there's a lot of things going on right now. Earlier this week we did an "email blast" to 20,000 "open" emails from the Creation Festival emailing list. I made them a generous offer that I hope is "hard to refuse," giving a cool premium with the paid subscription. So far, that hasn't returned nearly what I'd like. We have the CCM Magazine subscribers having the option of transfering their subscription to HM. I hope a lot of those people choose HM. There's another email blast scheduled to go out with one of the coolest pro-life organizations around -- Stand True (founded by the guy that founded Rock for Life). And then there's these three commercial spots that are in production. I hope we can air these on Headbanger's Ball. We plan on getting them on various sites fairly soon, too, of course. It feels kind of neat to have so much happening all at the same time. I hope that there is some momentum created. I kinda feel like some of the circumstances surrounding some of these events are providential, but I hope that the whole thing can fall under His care and direction. I would rather fail in God's will than succeed out from under His will. One of the ways I personally try to stay focused with that is to regularly pray and offer the things I'm doing up to Him. Sometimes I'll tell Him, "Thank You in advance for the things You will do." I don't know, of course, what He may do, but I am confident that I can thank Him and that He has our best interest in mind.
Even if I find myself on the pessimistic side of things, I believe I can sort of turn them around by turning things over to Him in prayer and admitting that He is in control (and I am not).
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at May 5, 2008 10:05 PM