Witches Reprieved. Go figure.

Finally, it’s autumn. My bony fingers are corpse-y chilled as all get out and I think I caught a cold. This is awesome. This is my time of year.

So the Salem book is still on. I’ve talked to all the book people and they are in agreement, that we should finish our take on the witch trials. Of course, we still need to get a publisher to fall in love with it… My goal this week is to pretty-up the dummy book with pens and markers. That's code for lots of Netflix and music. When I finish it, my brain will be less melty.

Single-tasking. That’s my new thing. I think, in a matter of a few years, it will be all the rage on resumes across this wonderful country. Or at least on the East and West Coasts… at this point, I’m pretty much willing to let those middle states to figure out stuff on their own. Single-tasking is the opposite of multitasking and, apparently, it’s the only way I get things done. …you’d think I would have solved all these ‘working method’ things before nearly turning thirty-seven… As part of my 'new get things done' approach to getting things done, I’m all about the single-tasking. Basically, I focus on one project a day. And that chosen project is the only project that I take to my desk. Everything else stays in another room, far from my easily distracted mind. Yeah, I’m still running with my “keep it simple, stupid” mantra.

And the weekly update:

I finished copy-editing the punk book. It wasn’t half as frightening or impossible as I first thought it was going to be, which was a blessing. In the end, it was painless. I think this means that we’re 99.99% done with whole book. So… 2012 can’t get here fast enough…

…Except I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my mystery web graphic novel project. I gave it another rewrite to better fit my new design. The more I look at it, the more I wonder what to do with it. Do I try and get it published as a book or do I try and post it as a serial story… or both? Here's what I'm going to do in the near future, let all my thoughts ferment for a few weeks as I finish the dummy for the Salem book, then see what feels like the best move. Though, to be honest, every time I find myself blogging or updating my web comic, I get the feeling that the internet is the best way to get my story out there. I like the idea that you will be reading it nearly as soon as I finish it rather than having to wait a year or so as would happen with the normal publishing model. What can I say, I like when people read my stuff.

And it turns out that seven days in the freezer does seem to kill book lice. Slowly, but surely, I’m getting my drawings and art supplies back in working order. Unfortunately, since we use our freezer for storing food, I can only freeze so many cubic inches of stuff each week, so I have no idea when this torment will come to an end. Plus, we have yet to solve the issue of killing the book lice in the various rooms where they occur because they are tough little buggers. I’m still annoyed but at least I feel like I can find a way out of this situation even if it’s going to take all winter.