Big Tuesday

Let’s see, I drove to Kingston… near Queenston… near Princeton (Mandy wondered if there is a Princesston but I don’t think there is) to meet with the Powers That Be concerning the Salem Witch book proposal and back to the JC before my normal lunchtime. I am pooped. Five months of research and doodling, seven weeks of “intense work” and one week of “super-death work” came to a head. Yesterday, I was sitting at my desk drawing like crazy person, today, the whole project is out of my hands. Gone. Poof.

And now, we wait.

But, if you’ve learned anything about me via this blog, it’s that down time is bad for my soul.

So… what do I draw tomorrow? I made a list of all the projects I’d like to get done in say… the next year. Then I made a list of projects which actually have deadlines. I had to take into account that we’re in the Thanksmas Eve season, therefore quality time for work is hard to come by. With an illustrated novel to promote, perhaps a picture book to draw and my sundry blogging/web comic-ing to do, the best course of action for the near future is to crank out some random stuff for the 2012 MoCCA Fest. Not that I envision selling a lot of stuff at MoCCA Fest, but I want to make a respectable showing. If you find yourself in NYC on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th, you could own a Timothy Decker original. Cheap. I mean, really cheap. So come on down, stop by the table, make a new friend, walk out with a wonderful piece of original art and a story you can tell the grandkids about. They’d love to know you met me and hear the tale about that weird, esoteric drawing above the mantle.

That’s pretty much it. I barely slept, I barely left my desk. I inked until I could ink no more. For example, when I can listen to two seasons of The Vampire Diaries, all 32 hours, in just under two days, I know that I’m inching toward creative madness.

Off to sleep. (Yes, I’ll actually sleep tonight [which all my dear, old friends will tell you is a lie and that I never, ever actually sleep] but I’ll give it a shot. Of course, tomorrow night, that’s a different story. I’m already jonesing for some 2 AM drawing. Plus, I have to catch up on The Vampire Diaries season 3…)