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October 19, 2007
State of the Rob 10192007
* Man, I've been busy lately. Every day, I'm working on something related to my graphic novels. Coloring Black Chamber, drawing (and coloring) Too Late, planning what the follow-up(s) to Too Late will be. I wouldn't have it any other way.
* But unfortunately, soon enough I'm going to have to have it another way. Unless I start getting a thousand downloads a week on Wowio, I'm going back to the workforce. The freelance stuff's just not bringing in enough to do this full time right now.
* I was bummed at first about that, having a lot of self-doubt and the like, but ultimately its only reinvigorated me to continue to improve my craft. I'm excited about what's coming up for Black Chamber, and I think folks are really going to dig Too Late. Hopefully my plans for the book after Too Late pan out, because that would be seriously cool.
* Next week I'll start rolling out a forum/social networking app to promote my work more, and probably start up an email list as well. Within the next month I should be able to announce where you'll be able to buy your copies of Black Chamber as well. Both the inkwash and the color versions will be for sale in the near future.
* Too Late's rolling right along. Today I'm going to start drawing the big chase scene, which I'm excited about. Hopefully people will be able to see some growth artistically between this book and Black Chamber.
* I'm also slowly working on a painting that I'm cautiously optimistic about. It's a manner of working I haven't done since school and its fun working out those old muscles.
* I've been reading a lot lately, too. I finished up the 'His Dark Materials' series and really enjoyed it (thanks Dennis!). I also read the full run of Stray Bullets which blew my mind all over again. Hopefully Lapham will be able to finish that up some day. Right now I'm working on reading all of Morrison's Seven Soldiers and also Chandler's last novel 'Playback'. I'd read the Seven Soldiers stuff while it was coming out, but there's a whole other level reading it in larger chunks that I'm thoroughly enjoying. Reading the last Chandler book is bittersweet. I've been making my way through them over the last couple of years and I'll be sad when there's not another to pick up. I guess it'll be time to finish up all of the Jim Thompson novels after that, huh?
* Back to work!
Posted by Schamberger at October 19, 2007 09:08 AM