I scanned
all of the art pages into my computer without any further incidents or technical
difficulties.
I created a
prototype container and imported the words and the images into it.
I did some
really good word cutting and story editing in the process.
I finally
got around to assigning all the chapter titles.
I edited my
author bio. Although I kind of hate it, so it's probably not the last time.
I decided the "art legend" is definitely
IN, and I did the art for that, and then scanned all of those pages into the
computer.
Altogether, that's not nothing. It's actually
a whole lot of something. I crossed a number of pretty big things off the list.
And yet, here I am, looking at all of the things I still have to do, and
feeling forlorn. You would think that with the BIG stuff done, aka the story
and the art, that I would feel like the rest of it, the mishmash of all the
little things, would be a piece of cake.
I've done
this before, this exact thing. The first time, it all just flowed and cruised
along like a hot knife through butter. Now, it all feels like a heaping heavy
backpack filled with stuff that I'm never going to unpack. I sort of thought it
would be the opposite, you know? The first time I was cutting my path, so this time,
knowing what I have to do, the twists and turns ahead of me, should be easy
peasy.
Anyway,
whatever. Maybe it's just me being impatient.
On a somewhat
related note, I sort of ended up breaking a promise I made to myself regarding
The Smile Sessions and saving it for later. During my story edit, there was a
bit of research I needed to do, and I felt like I had exhausted my other resources. Sure enough, The Smile
Sessions ended up giving me exactly what I needed. I should have known that
would happen. Anyway it's fine. I was maybe being a bit dumb by forcing myself
to wait. I'm super glad I finally listened to it; it's one of those "my
life is better for having heard this" kinds of things.
And I'm amazed
at all of the cool connections that happened in my head while it was on. Like
"Oh! This goes with that, and that's part of this other thing!" kind
of stuff. I was listening while doing some painting for the art legend, and
this really neat thing happened... in the latter half of the album there are
all of these tracks where Brian Wilson is giving directions to the
band and the session musicians, and it almost felt as if he was giving me
directions as well, lol. Silly, I know. But it really helped the flow of what I was doing.
You know what would cheer me up right now? Some kind of sign
that I'm on the right track. Positive
feedback, or something. That's the trouble with a project where you're doing
all the work yourself. It's pretty lonely. To get the feedback, I'd have to
*gasp* actually let someone see it. Yeah, I'm not ready for that. I'd settle
for a deja vu, or even a really nice, happy, wish fulfillment dream. Hear that,
brain? Get on that, alright? Alright.
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