Not so surprisingly, I repeatedly get notes back from my assessment professor that i need to rewrite my write-up papers; the ones that say things like "breath sounds clear to auscultation in all lobes with no adventitious sounds" or strength 5/5 to abduction of shoulder," etc. etc. That, and she's constantly pissed off at me because i always get ( Read more... )

I've been busting my chops to get 6 pages of Margot's story done by the 1st. I reread the email today and realized annie had said the 30th. I was panicking. I have no days off before then. I was able to finishe all the outline lines in ink by midnight tonight, but, oh my god, there's shading, and lettering, and making sure all the words are ( Read more... )

Is it morally reprehensible to make a web based social networking page (lj,fb, god forbid myspace) for a fictional character who does not have any experience at all with computers or the internet? I mean, i kind of want to have reminders of Margot in different spaces to keep me thinking about and working on my story. But they barely have written ( Read more... )

The bad thing is, i mean the good thing is, that after 3 years of not drawing a single comic strip i'm in a crazy whirlwind of wanting to draw. All the images are coming to me. When i need to take a break from my long piece, all i want to do in pick away at fun short pieces or figure out how to turn a couple completed strips into a mini comic, or ( Read more... )

Today the package finally came in the mail! It was a copy of the book "Mousetraps" by Pat Schmatz with a very sweet note from her, and even my name mentioned in the acknowledgements. Whoa! that was much much more than i expected. Several years ago she sent me some manuscripts of the novel in progress, a thoughtful post-columbine story for teen ( Read more... )