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Hello, and welcome back to Tales from Outside Comics, the motivational advice column written by someone trying to break into comics in real time! This week, I might have finally lost the last bits of sanity I’d been clinging to, but you tell me! This week’s entry comes with a warning: all of this might…
Hello, and welcome back to Tales from Outside Comics, the motivational advice column written by someone trying to break into the industry in real time! For this entry, we’re going with a little bit of Story Time, so please, bear with me. Back in my freshman year of high school, I distinctly remember the feeling…
I shuffle in silence, trying my best to empty a cluttered mind. Draw three cards: Five of Pentacles, Two of Pentacles, Ace of Pentacles. “You’re struggling with balance – start small, focusing on what you can do, take what’s in your power, in your hand, and get to work. Tarot is a wonderful tool, useful…
Hello, and welcome back to Tales from Outside Comics! The motivational advice column written by someone trying to break into the industry in real time – I’m here to share with you the growing pains and false starts inevitable with any creative effort. Several weeks ago now, the results of the Mad Cave Studios talent…
On returning to or stepping away from a project. Hello, and welcome to Tales from Outside Comics! The motivational advice column written by a comic book hopeful just like you! Today, I’m going to be writing a bit about, well, not writing, weirdly enough. I’ll be exploring the idea of “The Shelf” (or drawer, or…
Hello, Happy Holidays, and welcome to another Tales from Outside Comics! The series of posts from someone just like you, a conduit for the psychic cuttlefish collective trying to escape from aquariums everywhere. They’ve seen what people do to the lobsters, and they don’t want to be next. Today, I’ll be following up on last…
Hello, and welcome once again to Tales from Outside Comics! The series where someone just like you, a word-goblin scribbling away the madness, rants uncontrollably about how difficult it is to find shiny things in the haunted mines. Apparently, my stand-in for sports metaphors are fantasy ones. Today I’m telling a story about my experience…
Hello, and gather ‘round once more, for “Tales from Outside Comics!” Hopefully I haven’t lost my Outsider status after a mere four installments. I’m sure the new-writer smell will fade away eventually, so let’s enjoy it while we can. I think it’s safe to say every creative’s dream is to quit the day job. We…
Hello, and welcome one more to “Tales from Outside Comics!” The series of posts from someone just like you, a wide-eyed hopeful looking to break into the industry, talking from the heart about the things that keep me up at night. This week, I’m going to dive into talking about actual writing. Which means the…