Welcome back to the best post-Halloween, pre-election update of "Saturday" the book you're likely to read. Ever. I know that's a bold statement. The gauntlet has been thrown. The line in the sand has been drawn (I'll draw just about anywhere on just about anything, so sand is no big deal). But I stand by my statement. If you can find a better post about this obscure, unpublished book anywhere today, bring it.
So, a quick update to bring everyone up to "Saturday" speed (or down to it, depending on how fast you were already going): I'm hammering away at the edits and searching for agents and publishers. I'm still having a pretty good time with the former. The latter is...um, well, it is what it is. Which is to say, necessary. But not as much fun as a barrel full of monkeys.
Have you ever actually thought about how completely NOT fun a barrel full of monkeys would be? If you're talking about the plastic kind with the loopy arms, fine. But if you're talking about the real kind? Dear lord. Monkeys are really strong, very fast, loud, aggressive, wild animals. And that's in the open. Imagine how they'd feel if a bunch of them were stuffed into barrel and sealed up. Then, anticipating slapstick, 3-stooges like fun, you start to pull the lid off the barrel.
"Oh, boy, this is going to be grea---". Before you can finish the syllable, the monkeys are out of the barrel. Like spring snakes. Spring snakes with big teeth and opposable thumbs that are pretty miffed about being cooped up.
So maybe looking for agents and publishers is actually MORE fun than a barrel full of monkeys (the literal kind).
Anyhoo, here's one of the panels I edited recently:
(Original):
India's face needed to be updated from the earlier version. The new panel is also a little warmer, color-wise. You might also notice India's gone from left-handed to right-handed. It's little details like that I'm working my way through. Gotta have a sharp eye and get up pretty early in the morning to catch tiny things like that. Most people probably wouldn't even notice.
Guy in my head: "You mean like how you didn't draw the paper in the new panel so India is basically just writing directly onto the desk?"
Me: "Crud."
Guy in my head: "Yeah, you got a real hawk eye for detail."
Seriously, I just noticed that as I was typing this. I imagine India's expression is the same expression you, dear reader, often have on your face as you slog your way through these posts. And now that I know I have to go back and edit the edit, I'm right there with you.
Cheers.
P.S.- Go vote. It's more fun than a barrel full of monkeys.
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