Day Two of Three:

• Picked up a cheap memory stick reader so I don’t have to keep using my laptop as an intermediary to get files from the camera to my main workstation.
• Completed my “trial balloon” entry for Quacked Panes, then discovered how badly I’d misunderstood the setup of Inkblot & Webcomic. Remedied those misunderstandings and successfully posted the “zeroth” comic, mainly so I could make sure that the layout basically works, and all that jazz.
• Cleaned the downstairs toilet in anticipation of guests on Saturday.
• Photographed, wrote, assembled, exported, uploaded and scheduled the first official QP comic. (You can see it Monday, folks.)
• Realized how hot it is in my room (I blame my lack of awareness on the excitement from the creative process), looked at the weather reports, wiped the sweat from my brow and decided to just give up and put the A/C unit into the window. Three years of practice made this the easiest setup so far… which means I probably overlooked something. If there’s a loud crash in the middle of the night, we’ll know.

It’s coming up on 4:30pm. I think I’m going to take part of the rest of the day to just goof off, then try cranking out one more comic tonight. Tomorrow I want to get at least two more done; that’ll bring me up to two weeks’ worth of content. I’m going for a Monday/Thursday release schedule, and while I’m still fine-tuning the process I want to make sure I’m working a bit ahead.

I went through a bit of an anxious stretch this morning, hitting the “I can’t do this I’m not good enough I’ll run out of material in no time I suck everything sucks why do I do this to myself” wall. Luckily, knuckling down (after a brief pep-talk and some good advice from the lovely Kylanath) and forcing myself to finish the “trial balloon” comic seems to have worked out the worst of those preflight jitters. I even managed something of a punch line in a comic that wasn’t originally meant to have one. This afternoon’s efforts made me even happier, so right now? I’m feeling good.

And cooler, now that the A/C is running. Ahhhhhhh…