Saturday Review

I kept Henry home from daycare yesterday because he hadn't been feeling great earlier in the week. He ended up being my assistant in my crazy schemes for that day. We listened to a lot of Tom Waits and built machines out of household appliances and stuff we found in the neighbor's shed. It's getting cold here! Did it get cold this fast last year? I would not be surprised if it was snowing when I wake up tomorrow morning.

I have about a weeks worth of drawing and revisions before I can get back to Maddy. Today will mostly be spent on the Cintiq revising a book cover. And right after I need to do revisions for the Tor.com webcomic.

I've started settling on the storyline for the second Maddy Kettle book today. At least in my head, nothing really committed to paper yet. Or nothing that makes sense to sane, rational human beings. I can say it will involve a fleet of rat pirates in the clouds.

Henry is jumping on my back as I type this yelling "Daddy!! Daddy!! I'm in your chair!!" so I think I'll sign off. I need to get my day started properly. His grandmother is coming by to take him away for a while. No, that wasn't a sigh of relief you just heard.