New Post #5: "Shock"

So hard, if not impossible, to avoid bad news.
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On another note, I've been so focused on posting Donkey, I haven't been sending out Stella or Bringing It! to possible publishers. I've also been working as a part-time substitute teacher and aide at a nearby K-12 school and am already taking notes for the next graphic novel!

New Posting #4

"Finally, An Answer"

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Busy and Productive

It's been quite a while since I've posted on this blog. I've been busy working in our small town's school so I can earn some money for our future alpacas and angora rabbits. And the only graphic novel work I've been eager to do is adding color to Donkey and then immediately posting the finished pages to donkeyinalbany.blogspot.com. Here's the latest one:

New Direction

Now that I've begun to send Bringing It! and Stella out into the world, I've been wondering how to get the Donkey graphic novel out. While perusing the Abrams Comicart site, I came upon Brian Fies' graphic novel about his family's experience with his mother's cancer. It looks GREAT, and I'm gonna buy it! How did he get his graphic novel out there? He just posted it on the internet so as to share his experience with other families facing cancer! Is that cool or what?

Anyway, I wrote to Brian to ask him how exactly he posted his book on the internet. It's a risk, but I think that's what I want to do with Donkey.

Stella's Back!

Gosh, I love sending out my cover letters and samples! I remembered a publisher of a graphic novel I'd bought a few years ago and sent a Stella packet to them just now. The book I'd bought is Walking Shadows by Neil Bousfield. Beautiful woodcuts with a disturbing darkness that matches the equally disturbing story. Like Stella, Walking Shadows is a wordless book. We'll see if Manic D Press thinks it's a good fit.

Gone Fishing

I've been submitting a sample of Bringing It to several publishers. It's a lot like going fishing; you throw out your line, and you just wait. Calmly. In the meantime, I've gone back to working on the Donkey graphic novel. It helps that the Professional Bull Riders 2015 season has begun. A little distraction while waiting.

Real Writer

Today, I received my first rejection letter! A very nice letter from PM Press, and what's really sweet is that the representative gave me a couple tips for two other publishers to contact. One thing I learned from listening to successful writers is that they all seem to have a collection of rejection letters. I am starting my own collection; now, I'm a real writer!