Wednesdaily with hoarse baby

Guppy sounds like a chain-smoker this morning. Other than being a little sleepy and making me wince everytime she talks or cries, she doesn't seem sick.

She woke me up at 1:30 this morning, but I eyed my watch with skepticism; my watch has read 1:00 three of the last five times she's woken me, only to have me later check my phone or another watch to find that it was 2, 3:30 or, in one case, 8 in the morning. Methinks it's about time for a new watch. This time it was actually right, though, and we changed a diaper and had some water and hugs and she went back to sleep with relatively little fuss. (She clung to me and gave every indication that she was going to fight it... then gave a resigned sigh and let me cover her up without protest.)

Here's a photo from last week:



I got a massage and adjustment yesterday and holy mother of the Internet, did I need it. Masseuse and chiro both agreed that I needed it, and made disapproving noises over my neck and shoulders and hips. The chiro asked if I'd done something to cause the problems and I said I had a toddler. "That's all I need to know," he laughed. The crunchy sounds he made my spine made were alarming, but today I have full range of neck motion and it doesn't hurt when I pick things up or bend over. I do feel a bit as if I've been worked over with a meat tenderizer, but it's a good kind of ache.

I have a few page replacements to do in both coloring books, and then it's green light to print! That's my priority for the day. That, and staying not sick myself. There is laundry to fold, should I be so motivated.

Someone wants my attention now! Off to play with the frog! *croak!*

20 Days of 20 Years of EMG, Day 15: Coloring Book Madness!

Final print files for Fantastrix are in to the printer, and I should be able to pick them up in the next few days! Horrah! Fantastrix is 28 pages; the largest and most detailed coloring book I've ever put out. It retails at $9.00.



I'm officially releasing this title today, and since we're celebrating 20 Years of EMG in crazy, mad style, I'm also offering an amazing coloring book bulk special! Specifically, ANY five titles are just $40, any 10 for just $70!

http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/coloringbooks.php

You can order directly at that page, OR, claim your titles with a comment to add them to your box of swag, if you've got one going. Don't wait until the end of the month, though, because some of the titles are in very short supply, and many of them will not be reprinted. I DID find three copies of Rum and Ruffians in a show box, but am only listing them here, not at the order page, since there are so few.

The master 20 Days page, with all the awesome loot and bundles and sales, is here: http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1403112.html

Wednesdaily follow-up

In the last hour-ish, I got all the print files for Fantastrix and Dotminatrix fixed - lots of picky cleanup that I hadn't noticed in my prints that I spotted in the proof, and then even MORE picky cleanup that I noticed in a few files once I had them zoomed in at that level. Also, I need to clean my screen, because I spent way too much time trying to delete things that didn't exist.

I also got an update off to my mailing list, reminding about Sketch Fest this Friday and officially releasing Fantastrix and announcing the coloring book sale. Whew!

This flurry of productivity was brought to you by a totally unexpected morning nap by the Guppy. She is still--- nope, there she goes! Off to collect her and feed us both.