Thursdaily with brain weasels.

[ellenmillion]

Preschool went great today. Guppy reports that there was painting and playing, and she brought home a hand-print spider. Here's a photo from today. I took this photo at 2 in the afternoon, and you can see how low the sun is. Mornings are getting darker and darker!



I am drowning in insecurity today. Brain weasels are working hard to convince me that I am a failure. ("C'mon, adult coloring books are the hottest things since sliced bread, why aren't you famous yet? You must really suck..." they whisper at me. "You haven't sold a book in nearly a whole day, and not one person bought the digistamp you put up yesterday...") I'm terrified my Kickstarter is going to be a total flop. It's more of a risk than my last few, and I'm deeply convinced my last few successes were flukes.

I need a weasel-whomping stick.

I am compensating by doing All The Things. Got nearly 1200 words on my novella at the tea shop this morning. I am also re-coloring the Fairy and Dragon artwork that is on the cover of Dotminatrix. I did paint it in 2000 - and I've improved a little since then. I sat down with the proof page of the linework and some Copics, and I'm quite loving it so far. Off to work further on it!

Comments

[jenny heidewald (from livejournal.com)]

*HUGS* Darn those brain weasels! Where are those attack squirrels when you need them? I've seen some of those other coloring books, the geometric design ones seem really boring to me. *crosses fingers for kickstarter*
I was going to work on a coloring book page the other night...and fell asleep looking at it. >_< BUT I have one finished, and another I want to fixerorize, and possibly another I can fix up, so I don't have to start from scratch. There are a lot of ideas in my Sketchfest bin. :)

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Yay for coloring book pages and ideas! We've got a lot of time to finish them. :)

[kelkyag]

Brain weasels are the worst! Wishing you many successfull weasel-whompings -- and that the process isn't too much like playing whack-a-mole.

Yay, art and writing progress!

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

One of my friends told me that he got some of your art to color to help him feel better while recovering from surgery. That sounds like a pretty good endorsement to me!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

That is a heart-warming thing to hear!

[scumpi.livejournal.com]

I am drowning too and you have done so many good things!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

<3

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

Brain weasels suck. Maybe have Guppy draw you a stomping stick that you can look at when you are feeling that way? I know that would make me feel better.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Her favorite thing to do now is paint 'ormaments'. :) Which is sort of like having her make weasel-stomping sticks with me.

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

Cute photo!