Well, here we are sitting at the beginning of a whole new year and exciting things are happening. It was a little disheartening to find out that Season 3 of Everyday Edisons was being pushed back. My moment of fame delayed. All the excitement was supposed to have already happened by now way back in September/October. It is really difficult to keep your spirits high when you just do not know what is happening with your ideas.

My show item is still hush hush Top Secret even to me. I presented the concept at the Providence casting call back in May of 2008 so it’s been a wait of almost 2 years since all of this started. It’s been a very long and hard wait but one that I have every confidence is worth enduring and that I’m sure any one of you would gladly accept.

Over the past 2 years I’ve been pressing hard with other ideas and am entering any and all LPS’s that I think I have a good idea for. I try my hardest to focus on the challenges and actually get some satisfaction in solving the problems and finding new solutions to old problems. The LPS’s give my creative side a focus and allow me to really go crazy with the concepts but with a real goal in mind. The goal is to get another product to market. That too has paid off with my being the sole winner of the first ASOTV LPS. The good news is it’s the first quarter of 2010. This is when all this stuff is supposed to finally start to happen and it seems to be beginning to move again.

I sent my “It’s the first of the year, please tell me anything” email to Marla and she told me a lot! They are scheduling final filming for Season 3 as you read this. Everyday Edisons the show has a new producer that Marla is working with and we the inventors should have some clue as to when the big reveal and final filming for each of our segments will happen.

I cannot wait to see what they have done with my idea. I’ve prepared myself for it to be different and I trust any and all changes they have made will only help make the item that much more of a success. As long as my core concept is still in there I’ll be happy regardless of how much it may have changed. If they stayed true to the idea then I’ll be proud to say I was the inventor and the inspiration for it. I wish I could have had more input on it and it’s development but I trust Everyday Edisons and know it will be the best it can be. I owe them a lot.

I have to tell you that the only thing in my experience I can compare to this wait to is the wait for Christmas as a kid. It’s the night before. You are lying in bed imagining all the possibilities with no real clue what may be waiting there for you under that tree. You’re excited to rip open those presents. You imagine playing with the toys, the fun, the adventure and you are right on the edge of your seat with excitement. That is what the wait for the big reveal is like, only to the extreme because this Christmas present has the potential to really change my circumstances and open up new possibilities for me. This “toy” has the potential to keep on giving for years to come if it’s well accepted and received. This could change my life.

I also found out that my ASOTV item has reached the manufactured prototype stage and that EN is sending me the prototype to see and experiment with. I was amazed when they told me that and very happy they cared enough to send me one. They plan on filming the test infomercial for it January 15th…next week! Shortly there after…hopefully shortly… they will announce it officially on the site and launch the test campaign! It’s all happening and it’s going to start moving quickly from here on out. It’s about time… bring it on.

Do me a favor, when EN writes the blog and posts the links to the item buy one! If it tests well I’ll have my very own ASOTV item! It’s amazing to think about. I’m no Ron Popeil or Billy Mays, but I’m on my way! Heck, why don’t you buy 2 just to make sure they keep selling. I might buy 1 or 2 or 20 myself! Trust me you’ll want one of these when you see it. It’s an idea way over due that I have a pretty good feeling solves a problem almost everyone experiences. Wish I could tell you what it is but I’m not allowed yet.

Here’s to a new year, new hope and finally some light at the end of the tunnel.