New Post #20: "The Diagnosis"

I'd forgotten to mention that I'm writing/drawing this book based solely on my own memory, which was altered during highly stressful situations.

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New Post #19: "Virtue of Listening"

Susan and began to learn a lot about doctors and nurses--

like that there are certain virtues specific to those in the medical profession. 

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Either I have really bad allergies or a cold. Whatever it is, it's made me stop working on digging post holes and instead given me time to work on this graphic novel. What I discovered is a more efficient way of coloring the pages. First, I decide on the colors and trace the outlines of spaces in those colors. Then, the following day, I color the entire page. Day three, I add shadows and highlights, and am done!

New Post #18: "Emergency"

Dang! It's been quite a while since I'd posted! Been working hard on outfitting the barn, learning how to dig post holes, and planting this year's gardens. Anyway, the next page is here!

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New Post #17: "Attention"

Working on this graphic novel is painstaking in that each page takes me so long to complete. In the actual journey of Susan's cancer, each step toward the MRI took forever. After the MRI, events really began to speed up, and I'm hoping the process of coloring these pages also begins to speed up! 

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New Post #16: "The End is Near"

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New Post #15: "Eternity"

It's taken me a while to get this page posted because I thought I'd try working on two pages at a time. Unfortunately, this messes with my one-posting-a-week routine, so I'm going back to working on one page only.

I'm very pleased that The Donkey in Albany was featured in the International Myeloma Foundation's Myeloma Minute, an online publication. I am honored to be allowed to share Susan's and my journey with other families wrestling with multiple myeloma.

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New Post #14: "Vertex"

I'm actually working on two pages at once. This one and a page that the IMF wants to feature. I had to jump ahead to work on that page. I'm enjoying working on two at a time. This way of working might become my trend.

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