D'oh! I Shouldn't Have Done That!
| Geeze I'm such an idiot. I did something I really shouldn't have done. And I mean I really, really shouldn't have done it. What did I do that was so bad? I drew a cartoon. Yep, the overloaded writer/artist/podcaster/stay-at-home-mom drew a little four-panel cartoon. It wasn't much, just a strip on what life was like today. And I wouldn't worry over it except that... 1) It took me three hours to do and... 2) I really, REALLY want to do another one. I used to draw a regular comic strip for my college newspaper waaaaaay back in the day. I drew two episodes a week for four years, and the cartoon was pretty well received, but after college I stopped because hey, I wasn't even on the same side of the state anymore as the school so that made it pretty hard to walk into the office twice a week and hand in my cartoon. So I stopped doing the comic strip and since this was waaaaaaaay before the days of web comics and I didn't have another forum to publish in, I just stopped doing comics all together. Then back in January I met Jennie Breeden who draws the Devil's Panties, an absolutely fabulous web comic that really takes me waaaaaaay back to my college days, and reading her work and talking to her got me jonesing to do my own comic again. Only what would I draw? The adventures of a writer/artist/podcaster/stay-at-home-mom? Well, as it turns out, yeah 'cause that's exactly what I drew today. Oh, this is bad. I have so much work to do. And I just got back from RavenCon this weekend where I had a fabulous time talking to other writers and artists and podcasters, including one who was a stay-at-home-mom, and I felt so understood and loooooooved, and I was so inspired to come home and dive straight back into work but then my youngest came down really, really sick so I've been home all week trying to squeeze in tiny bits of work around tending to a fussy baby, and wouldn't you know it, the first chance I get to sit down for three hours and do some work, I decide to do something that is nowhere near what's on my to-do list. And I really don't need to start doing this on a regular basis, except that I'm absolutely dying to do another and I've suddenly got all sorts of ideas, including enough to do three web comics for three different websites I run!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaugh! Oh man, just what I needed, one more damned creative endeavor. I am so screwed. But hey, I had a great time at RavenCon and am looking forward to going back, assuming I survive this year.  Labels: Today's Work, Write-At-Home Mom |
posted by Helen at 7:45 PM
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FeyRhi said ... (April 30, 2008 8:41 PM) :
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Helen said ... (May 16, 2008 2:10 PM) :
post a commentROFL! I loved it. So totally perfect because I feel like that almost every day. So most days when I get distracted it's my own fault....not that I'll admit it *G*
Thanks for the smile
Yeah, and these cartoons are getting addicting. I want to do a series now for just this blog, while the one above was for my family blog. We'll see how well I survive that...
Glad you enjoyed the cartoon and the post ;)
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