35 days to go, so my thoughts idle
For such a simple little notion, DearPirate.com is taking up quite a bit of my free time right now. I’m not getting in nearly as much Everquest time as I used to, and I’m also barely getting in my work on other dernwerks books (Issue three of Expert’s Guide is looking great, though).
Trying to not let things slip, there’s a certain pecking order, and paying work is the king of that list.
A lot of what I’ve been doing is building the infrastructure of the comic. It’s really taking in a lot of hits, and it’s a mild success right now. But I’m getting ready for much bigger numbers, really. With some software upgrades on my end, I’m getting ready to set up a storyline setting for DearPirate, which will run parallel to the Q&A strips. At least for summer, that is. But maybe I’ll get more of a backlog running there, and it’ll be something that I can run weekly for infinite, too. It’ll probably turn into something like a Monday update or a Tuesday. We shall see. The general idea is to get up to 10 strips a little faster than two months from now, which will allow it to be listed on a few other sites.
In the meantime, I’m going through the paperwork to have the comic listed on the two major webcomic voting sites. My numbers aren’t exactly grand, but on buzzComics, I’m the top-ranked humor comic about pirates. Wootage. I’ll get some vote buttons on the main page in the next few days.
Comic reviews? Eh, I’m finding enough to talk about without going to the well of my big company weekly reading. So 52 clues will be a little less frequent, and more digging into the fine points and broad strokes. Like the deck of cards theory (that there will be 52 players in the series, and each have a corresponding card) - I fully intend to dig more into that, as the meanings of cards have long been a fascination of mine.
I’m also slowly developing a super-secret spin-off of www.DearPirate.com, as well as a long-running idea I’ve had for about a year now. It’s 35 days until Comic-Con, where I’ll be making quite a few pitches. And as is the nature with any creative endeavor, I expect to get shot down on most if not all. It’s not about being pessimistic, it’s about being realistic. Which is why I have parallel goals for success at the con this year.
First goal - see more of San Diego than the Gaslamp Quarter and the convention center. Kendra and I are going to be down there for a whole week this time. Trips to SeaWorld and the beach are mandatory.
Second goal - promoting DearPirate.com. If it’s only equal in success from the Philly con, it’s awesome in a can. But given that San Diego is about four times the size, I’m honestly planning for four times the success.
Third goal - Raid that thar alley - The Artist Alley and Small Press Area from San Diego. If I come home with a half dozen kicking books and half of a half dozen new friends (not contacts, mind you - people that I would actually go drinking with or hang out playing geeky games with), that alone is a success.
Fourth goal - eating with the old friends. Business lunches, as I goofily call them. If it’s someone working with me on a book, then hell yeah, I’m buying them a lunch. Zailo, if you’re reading this - that Fish joint across the way, or Dicks, or something else?
Then there’s the slightly lame goal of "have fun." It’s the freaking nerd prom. How can you not be entertained by it?
Trying to not let things slip, there’s a certain pecking order, and paying work is the king of that list.
A lot of what I’ve been doing is building the infrastructure of the comic. It’s really taking in a lot of hits, and it’s a mild success right now. But I’m getting ready for much bigger numbers, really. With some software upgrades on my end, I’m getting ready to set up a storyline setting for DearPirate, which will run parallel to the Q&A strips. At least for summer, that is. But maybe I’ll get more of a backlog running there, and it’ll be something that I can run weekly for infinite, too. It’ll probably turn into something like a Monday update or a Tuesday. We shall see. The general idea is to get up to 10 strips a little faster than two months from now, which will allow it to be listed on a few other sites.
In the meantime, I’m going through the paperwork to have the comic listed on the two major webcomic voting sites. My numbers aren’t exactly grand, but on buzzComics, I’m the top-ranked humor comic about pirates. Wootage. I’ll get some vote buttons on the main page in the next few days.
Comic reviews? Eh, I’m finding enough to talk about without going to the well of my big company weekly reading. So 52 clues will be a little less frequent, and more digging into the fine points and broad strokes. Like the deck of cards theory (that there will be 52 players in the series, and each have a corresponding card) - I fully intend to dig more into that, as the meanings of cards have long been a fascination of mine.
I’m also slowly developing a super-secret spin-off of www.DearPirate.com, as well as a long-running idea I’ve had for about a year now. It’s 35 days until Comic-Con, where I’ll be making quite a few pitches. And as is the nature with any creative endeavor, I expect to get shot down on most if not all. It’s not about being pessimistic, it’s about being realistic. Which is why I have parallel goals for success at the con this year.
First goal - see more of San Diego than the Gaslamp Quarter and the convention center. Kendra and I are going to be down there for a whole week this time. Trips to SeaWorld and the beach are mandatory.
Second goal - promoting DearPirate.com. If it’s only equal in success from the Philly con, it’s awesome in a can. But given that San Diego is about four times the size, I’m honestly planning for four times the success.
Third goal - Raid that thar alley - The Artist Alley and Small Press Area from San Diego. If I come home with a half dozen kicking books and half of a half dozen new friends (not contacts, mind you - people that I would actually go drinking with or hang out playing geeky games with), that alone is a success.
Fourth goal - eating with the old friends. Business lunches, as I goofily call them. If it’s someone working with me on a book, then hell yeah, I’m buying them a lunch. Zailo, if you’re reading this - that Fish joint across the way, or Dicks, or something else?
Then there’s the slightly lame goal of "have fun." It’s the freaking nerd prom. How can you not be entertained by it?
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