Composing

Before my accident, I never composed (other than a few meager student exercises), never trained for it, and never thought I would. (Had I known I'd end up this way, I'd probably have paid more attention and worked harder in music theory classes!) But now that it's the best way for me to stay connected to music, I am quite avid about it. Starting basically from scratch in 1994, I've taught myself (with a bit of help from others) how to use musical notation software, and have written 581 works (as of this writing, 4/14/07). Since I was a choral director, the thing that is my highest goal is to break into choral publishing. But it's evidently a tough nut to crack ... I've not been able to interest a publisher yet, though I've written plenty of examples and sent many of them to publishers.