Third one of these this year. For those of you who are new to this blog: When I get so burdened with deadlines that I don't expect to be able to post much for a day or three, I put up one of these nifty graphics to indicate a few speed bumps for the time being. I dunno why I chose Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup…some connect to "comfort food," I guess. It signals to you to explore the remote possibility that there's something else on the Internet for you to read besides my blog. Here are a few thoughts though before I focus on the writing that allegedly pays…
Hey, speaking of getting paid, artist Colleen Doran has a good discussion going about what kind of income one can reasonably expect from the profession of drawing pictures. Of course, it depends a lot at how good you are at drawing those pictures and maybe on how good you are at marketing them. But go read what she and her commenters have to say. I really like that kind of discussion as opposed to the "you can achieve anything if you're determined enough" nonsense that I think does much harm to newcomers. If that worked, I would have married Mary Tyler Moore when I was twelve years old.
I said here that I was trying to write less about Donald Trump so I would think less about Donald Trump. It may not look like I'm succeeding but oh yes, I am, people! I could write 7-10 times a day about how awful I think this man is for the country. Any day I can hold it down to two or three, I'm doing well. I just saw a whole mess o' tweets from unabashed racists and Jew-haters who are doing happy dances and I'm resisting the urge to write about how being on the same side as certain people means you really need to question your perceptions. I'm still shaken whenever I agree with Dick Cheney.
I will be back here at a normal posting pace when things clear up and scripts are sent.