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Date: 30 January 2008 21:42:52
So....
So very tired...
And no sleep planned until March...
Sigh...
Aaaaanyhow, things are moving and I thought I'd foreshadow :)
But first an apology.
Sorry.
Ok, now onwards: Wow, things are manic at the moment. College is tough and wonderful and weird and cool. A lot of staff are off or have been off with stress or similar illnesses which causes tectonic shifts in workload and timetabling. I've been there through the thick of it but have now found out that I've also been paid wrong for the past three years which didn't fill me with joy. Am following up the backdating process so maybe it will be a blessing in disguise, an offset saving plan, but hey it's been that sort of a job.
Art centre, wow. Where do I start. Last year worked myself into... hmmm... welll, a severe state of overwork shall we say. Lots of anxiety and stress and fun and the end results were ace but the effort was very draining. The kids are all aces though, love them to pieces, ditto the college students, so they do make some of the harder parts of the job less dull. Well, not less dull, but I trog on regardless. This year we're deliberatley starting slow in order to set up a strong foundation for the rest of the year and future ones as well I hope. Determined not to feel how I did at the end of last year if at all possible and that starts now really.
Sylver? Book 3? That's the apology. Delayed. Sorry, for me as much as anything because I can't wait to share Sylver 3 with people who're interested. I'm enjoying the writing process when I have time to do so but...
Well, there's two buts. One is ... not a downturn, but the past year has been trickier family wise, the whole coping with autism as a family. That's been a rollercoaster done some highs and lows and the highs rarely feel the mirror of the lows. Mostly it's just draining I think, but hey, there's love as well, lots of that.
That was but 1.
But 2 I still can't talk about but can REALLY soon! It's TRES cool though, due for release in April, just in the finishing stages now. Didn't talk about it because I remember how low I felt when the last bigger publisher thing vanished almost as soon as it had appeared (although not so soon that big promises had been hoped for and dreamt of). So I tried to get myself to a place where I wouldn't talk about future projects until I knew they would happen and was allowed to.
Had a LONG meeting today but still forgot to ask whether I could or not. Hey ho. Soon though, very soon. I hope you're all going to be with me for the ride though, it's one of those projects that could go anywhere and has become very dear to me. Partially because it's a written and drawn project and it talks about some very hard issues in a sensitive way (I hope).
OOOOOH can't wait to say and show stuff.
Soon though.
In other news. Hmm. Ordered a new computer today (a rarity, normally I live on cast offs and hand me downs in, well, most things really) so a shiny new Mac mini is on it's way to speed up production (the files I'm now working on are pretty huge and the loading times are not worth the saved outlay. Um. Superbowl on sunday. Hmm anything else? Probably not really. I tend to walk from one job to the next atm so am probably not of much interest. Am trying to get some reading and watching time to try and keep myself sane but the only watching I get to do is at the drawing board with a film playing in the background (watched so many films in the past two weeks it's untrue). Reading time, well, I'm a HUGE fan of the talent and output of Dave Sim and Gerhard so am currently reading Dave's collected letters prior to getting back to some Cerebus time. Note: I didn't say I like the content, it's hard hitting and occasionally contrary to my views and beliefs, but it is the work of two truly brilliant artists who have woven a literate world together both verbally and visually and as a result I do admire their output, skill and imagination.
Apart from that... well, we'll get there soon. When I know I can start posting specifics I will do as I want to try and document the next few months so that I remember it after and because I've never been here before. But since that's true of most things hopefully I won't be as slack in the near future as I have been in the past.
But for the next month: no sleep, loads of work and a heap of coolness to come. I am painfully aware that I'm losing touch with some very dear friends so have begun texting to remind people who I am :) and want to continue that process as much as time allows and haveapologised already to wifey as the next month is going to be pretty weird. but hey.
Righto, rambling alarm is sounding :) Time to shut down brain for the night.
Night night :)