Posted by Sean Taylor on January 26, 2009 at 6:00pm
I could post another "woe is me" post about how the job situation still sucks and I don't have regular writing gigs like I need to make freelancing work, or how I'm not finding job leads in writing/editing/copyediting or anything remotely suited to what I spent six years in college (went part time a few years after I got married) in order to do, or how most of my bills (if not all) are behind, and how we keep barely squeaking by to save the car and the house, and how we haven't had hot water in our house for two months (microwave water baths, yay!), but you know what?I'm kinda tired of dwelling on that. (Even if I did mention it already above. Heh.)I want to mention the positive things going on at the moment.1. I have a call with a representation company on Tuesday, hopefully to talk about one of my story ideas they had expressed an interest in.2. I have a job interview for a regular paying job that actually matters to the people I'd be serving, one that will still allow me the freedom to write part-time on the side. This is the kind of job the old me would have probably scoffed at, but I see it now as a real opportunity to put my faith to work and truly serve the least of these in a senior care center as a member of the maintenance/housekeeping staff. Praise God for that change in me.3. I have all 22 pages pencils (and the cover) of Jesse James in the Mayan Underworld from artist Kurt Belcher. Now all I need is inks and colors and letters, and the book will be ready to print for Arcana.4. I have several projects in varying stages BUT WITH artists working on them.a. The Tantalizing Ti-Girl with Willie Jimenz for Mini-Komixb. Last Chance School for Girls with Jesus Antonio for Arcanac. Body Dumper pitch with Taki Somad. Gomer pitch with L. Deaghaigle. Bengal Cat (go iHero!) with Clayton Murwin for UK comics magazine serializationf. Quinn: The Reckoning pitch with Martheus Wadeg. Jesus Manson: Agnostic at Large pitch with Oliver TriaAnd several others not as far along...5. I have my editor at IDW contacting a toy company this week about an idea I pitched that he really likes.6. My editor at IDW wants me to pitch some ideas for comics based on a hit cable TV show they're talking with.7. My boss at VLE is ready to move ahead on the Shan: Be My Hero graphic novel.8. I still owe Campfire Comics the script for Aphrodite, which is a paying gig.9. I just had a great phone call with my buddy Steve Scott (always cheers me up).10. The creator of the universe still loves me in spite of all my pride and stupidity and the ugly stuff inside me that I don't typically let other people see so they'll still think I'm cool and personable.11. My friends are true. You know who you are, even if I don't keep in touch like I should.So there. Life isn't really good at the moment. It's pretty hard and confusing and trying and testing and scary, but you know what, life is good anyway somehow in spite of it.I'm still here. And to quote Elton John, I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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