Hi everyone, 

It’s been way, way too long since my last update, there’s been a lot of major upheavals and changes in my life. It’s no excuse to leave you hanging, but I’m finally back at the writing/drawing board, with some changes. 

Before, I was writing and drawing as I went, thinking I could upkeep a once a week page schedule. That is a great dream, but a more realistic one right now is to write a chapter, then draw it all in one go. It keeps me more on track, lets me get muscles more in shape- writing/drawing one or two pages at a time was too quick  . It also helps me stay cohesive with art and writing style. Extra bonus is that there will now be a ‘drop’ of a whole story, vs page by page like I have been doing. 

So where am I now?

The next chapter, tentatively titled “A Minor Correction”, is written, and is well on the way to being thumbnailed. Those two steps are the ‘hard’ part for me, being rusty, bringing the story out of my brain and tearing apart the imagery and the narrative. So hopefully things go faster, after that. 

Thank you for reading this, I know it’s been a while. I’ll put the thumbnails up as soon as I have them! 

It’s a clenching in your heart, an anchor of doubt and yes, sometimes fear. Even if you’re the type of person who plans every detail  (I am not a planner of any sort), you can worry about timing, unknowns, missing things. You can worry about whether you have everything, if you’ve forgotten something, whether your car is up to it, if anything will go wrong at home.

Take a deep breath. It’s a simple (and, yes, somewhat cliche) thing. It’s a break from the spinning thoughts. It’s a reminder that you can move forward without looking back. Home will be there when you return.  

I am getting a good stride with this comic, while experimenting with art styles, as I will likely be for a while. I’ve decided to just..be OK with that- instead of limiting myself by saying ‘I’m going to do this all the same’, I will let my art and execution grow and change naturally. If I have to come back and re-draw later for publication, so be it. I hope you all don’t mind bearing with me as I go- we go- through this artistic journey. Like a road trip, I’m excited to see where it leads us. 

This is my world right now. I’m in this exact feeling, running over and over again what I have packed, what I need, what needs mending or tending. 

I was supposed to leave several days ago but work stuff has kept me here. It’s incredibly frustrating, and though I’m very happy to be employed right now I am severely antsy. 

When you’re getting ready for a trip, your mind is in two places. Seeing all the little nit-picky things that need to be done, and on the horizon. The too-near and the too-far. You lose the moment, the right in front of you, the ability to just take one step at a time.