It’s still Thursday somewhere in the world, right?
Yesterday was a great day of historical remembrance in my country: National Women’s Day, in recognition of the 1956 march of 20 000 women, taking a stand against the passing of a segregationist law. The issues that such a march brings to light continue to be relevant, and the occasion is recognised with a public holiday to this day. For me, such a day falling on a Wednesday is ideal; I’ve always maintained that a midweek break is better than a three-day weekend, and if only the four-day workweek was a thing, more people would know this.
Yesterday in particular was highly productive for me, yet another significant indication that I am totally not lazy no really I’m just clearly neurodivergent because when I’m doing something I enjoy then I can churn out massive quantities of work you don’t even know – whoa, that sentence got away from me. But seriously, I was able to pencil five comic pages yesterday, and add all the dialogue captions to them, plus a sixth page; the remainder of the current Fifth Ace Showcase story is well on its way to being ready. Now all that remains is ink and colour, which may only happen next week on a day-by-day basis; no other public holidays in the pipeline that I can use for such things, and the weekend is going to be busy too, though the next few weeks may leave some room for it…
As I mentioned last time, this weekend is Dragonfire, a small convention for a university roleplaying society that otherwise welcomes all comers for some games and game accessories. My fiance’s business, The Dragon Wagon, will be there to sell all kinds of TTRPG dice and various other things, and if we make enough cash, we can even make it to ComicCon Africa this year, so it’s a big deal. But after the weekend, my fiance will be away for three weeks while she does practical training for her teaching degree. I may still get to see her on the weekends, but I’m going to be by myself for the majority of the time, with only the cats for company.
I won’t lie, it’s not going to be easy; I never do well when I don’t have her to come home to. My sleep schedule gets completely thrown out of whack, I tend to stress-snack relentlessly, and I just feel lonely in general. It will be the first time that I’ll be juggling two cats on my own for an extended period, so maybe three won’t be a crowd; I know Sparrow is going to be a handful after being locked up all day while I’m at work, so that’ll be interesting.
However, given how much comic work I have to catch up on, I might be able to distract myself by powering through some of it. Not only do I have to finish July’s Showcase story, there’s still August’s story (which might as well be called September’s story at this rate), as well as the backup story I’ve been working on for Issue #1’s downloadable release later in the year. I clearly have no shortage of artwork to distract myself with, so I may as well use that time constructively; I’ve shown that I can pump out large volumes of stuff when I have the free time, so time to put my money (what money?) where my mouth is.
Anywho, hold thumbs and cross fingers for our success at Dragonfire, and if all goes well, the Fifth Ace Showcase will return next week.
Ciao for now.