Hello, it is I

It's been a very long time since I've updated my DA, but today seems like a good day to start again. 

LIFE IS WEIRD

I won't go into too much detail about why I haven't posted anything, but I will say that life got weird, I pretty much stopped doing art, I quit my job, went back to school, graduated, had a baby (who's now 2 and a half), and now... here I am, getting back into art again and juggling the life of a part-time comic shop employee/(mostly) stay-at-home mom/writer/art-y type person/comicker.

YEP, I HAVE A COMIC NOW

I started a webcomic while I was on mat leave, and it turns 2 on June 24th! I don't know why I didn't think to post anything about it here, but now seems the time, so here you are! This is Retail Hell. 

I honestly never planned to be the one to draw the art, but every artist I talked to about it wasn't interested in a long-term project. Honestly, we're nearly 100 strips in and I've barely scratched the surface about the things that will happen in Retail Hell. So I decided to try it out myself. And it's not the best, but I have a lot of fun with it and really love it, and I've learned a lot about drawing comics in the process. I hope you'll give it a read and that you'll love it, too!

I ALSO HAVE A NEW BOOK

Hub City Survival still has some momentum, thanks to my readers on DeviantArt and in person. I'm still selling copies with relative frequency, and every so often, demand seems to spike again. 

But now, I have a new book that's coming out! Or, well, I hope it will. I actually need a little help with that.

You see, I'm doing preorders for my book, Mushroom and Anchovy, in order to fully fund it. I need 750 preorders for it to get the full publishing package, which also would be a dream come true for me, BUT 250 preorders will get it the basic publishing treatment. I place in the top 3 of the contest it's entered in, it'll get published as well. 

Inkshares is the crowdfunding platform I've chosen, and it's designed specifically to help writers with an interested readerbase get their books published. I'd like to add that the first three chapters are available to read  for free, and preordering an ebook is only $10 American. You can preorder a print copy, too.

If you liked Hub City Survival and are okay with reading something completely different, won't you give it a look and a share? Even following the project on Inkshares is extremely beneficial to me.

I'M ALSO DOING A MILLION OTHER THINGS

I have a blog that I keep on my website, where I write about whatever strikes me.
I have started doing tarot readings through my etsy, where I also sell Hub City Survival and will be selling my 28-day vegetarian meal plan, once I've finished it.
I do weekly posts on my Patreon account.
I am pretty active on Twitter and Instagram, so come say hi there!

So all of this collected stuff, plus maintaining a house, plus cooking meals and doing meal prep for my family, means that reading books, playing video games, and watching movies have all temporarily become a thing of the past. I still love all of these things, I just don't have much time right now. I think I've played about 4 hours of The Last Guardian (but oh... what a 4 hours they were) since getting it for Christmas. 

TL;DR I'm working my butt off, please preorder my new book (it's ridiculous and I think you'll love it), life is awesome if a bit hectic, and I'm... back? Ish?? Because I AM doing artsy things again. So I hope to be sharing more things in the future! I'm really happy to be able to do this, because for a long while I didn't feel like drawing anymore. 

How about you guys? What's new? Anyone still follow me, haha?!