Solstice

Summer solstice at one side of the world, Winter solstice at the other. Both ways, there are stories to be told, thus work to be done.

I just finished a cover, which the editor liked and have already been sent off, and so off I go to this short 8 page story which I've been planning since April, when the idea was born. It's a strange thing, going back to short stories after the 220 pages of Daytripper, but in a refreshing sort of way, I think it's just what I need. These days, it's easy to get carried away and only come up with big epic ideas, ideas which will take many pages - and many years - to get done, and there are some periods in your life, and in your work, where a smaller story is just the right size to fit that moment in which you want to work and, at the same size, still have time to gaze at the world and see what the tides might be bringing my way.
I hope that the next time I have something to write about in here, this short story will be over, and I hope this happens in the next two weeks.
Back to work.

More and less

Two characters I never used for one of the stories Bá and I created that never left the ground. Someday I might still use the characters in another story. I liked their names.

night sketch

Yesterday I did this doodle on the table paper at a bar. I think he'll be in a page next week.

automatic Cafard

Done today while teaching some brush techniques.

The girl you'll meet.

Fragile

Choosing the time.

If the day was longer, we could do so much more. The way that is is, we have to choose the projects we'll do and hope to do others later. The choosing is tricky when you have lousy options, as you have to see which one you think you can salvage or reinvent, but it's even more difficult when your options are all good.

The opposite applies then: look at the projects you can't leave for later, the ones that are exploding in your brain and need to be put on paper, look at the people you most want to work with, and really see what you want to do right now. These are the projects you must do, and you do them to keep the fire burning so you'll shine when you do every other thing.

Doesn't say much, I know. But...

That's all I can say... for now.