I’ve given the Senna versus Schumacher concept some more thought

The past few weeks I’ve given the Senna versus Schumacher concept, as opposed to just the Encounter Down Under story, some more thought. I’ve thought about the current story, too, of course, but tried to take it a level up.

The outlook for the coming weeks and months

It is now late September 2011 and almost 4 years since I started work on my Senna versus Schumacher story. In the mean time I’ve become a father… twice, changed jobs… twice, and joined my church board as vice-chairman and later chairman… and quit, last month. Primarily the latter should give me more time to get back to writing ‘The Encounter Down Under’.

What’s my plan?

1. First of all, I’d like to come up with some sort of plan to assign, e.g., one night per week and perhaps every other Sunday afternoon as well, to work on the story.
2. Second, I’ll re-read all my work up to the 1994 Canadian Grand Prix, which is halfway through part II of Encounter, and make any (small) changes and correct errors where needed.
3. And third, I’d like to give the concept that I’ve chosen in the summer of 2007 — i.e. writing a free e-book — as well as the talk I had in February of 2009 with a publisher — this was for a Dutch-language version of the story, although the publisher was critical of the way I’d been writing up to that point — a good thought, too.

So, I’m not sure you’ll see any new work appear on the site any time soon. But I’ll re-start keeping you updated on what I’m working on, even though it may not yet be the writing itself.

Any questions or remarks? I’m more than happy to receive them and reply to them. Just leave a comment.

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Getting back into the habit

I’ve recently quit my chairman duties in my church’s council. This gives me a lot of more time on my hands. And despite my wife being pregnant with our second child — due late July — I expect to get back into the habit of writing my Senna versus Schumacher story. I’ll keep you posted.

Canada chapter now available

As promised, I uploaded the Canadian Grand Prix chapter — for now the final chapter of my work. I hope you’ll enjoy it; if so, feel free to let me know.

Part II, Chapter 7: Canada

Senna’s 50th birthday

Today, March 21st 2010, would’ve been Ayrton Senna da Silva’s 50th birthday. Sadly, the Brazilian only lived to see 34.

Autsport.com has a beautiful gallery of Senna’s finest (and worst) moments, check it out.