FAWM Day #2 One down

posted February 2, 2014

I wrote my song! It took me all day, but it’s finished, or close to. It’s called “Dave Hayes the Weather Guy.” I know he’s Dave Hayes the Weather Nut, but “Nut” was just too silly for the song. I will post the video in a few days. Meanwhile, I am working on another song in E tuning, and it’s killing me. I should go back to it. More soon. Here’s the writerly advice for the day:

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