The Clock is Ticking… Much, Much Faster Than Expected...

Ok. Tuesday… Time to post. The big news, since last week, is that I am meeting with the publisher to talk about this Salem Witch book thing on the 8th and not the 10th. Over the course of a few emails, I lost 24 to 28 hours of working time (given that I do work 12 to 14 hours when I really get going). That comfortable cushion that I’d been working with vanished and now I have to be “on” pretty much all day, every day.

Of course, I rather like this pressure. I like deadlines, though I prefer to hit my faux deadline which I set a few days before the actual deadline… Anyway, the pressure of having to show somebody, anybody, the work I’ve done makes me crank up my game. I truly miss it during the long months when a project only lives on my desk and in my imagination. It never seems quite real until there’s an editor or designer to talk with about stuff.

It does stress me out. Sleep is sort of a thing of the past. Or sleeping well. Sleeping well is boring. Who wants to be boring? You know who, Tobias. For all ya’ll hoping to see a Tobias picture book, it’s not going to happen for awhile. My world is all about witches. Tobias’s world is all about puffing out his grills and all but growling at me every time I bump the desk (like the great white shark at the end of Jaws 4… really? A growling shark? Like there’s anything between those teeth and gullet to produce a growling sound?). That said, Jamie's so going to have to draw a Tobias book because I don't do color. Tobias is a rather brilliant, little fish.

And there you have it. Off to get my draw on while eating dinner. Then I’ll draw while sleeping. Draw while brushing my teeth. Draw while making Mandy’s lunch…