Molly Jean Moore's Blog: The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause...
February 1, 2014
In which I shout spiritedly from virtual rooftops.
As some of (the five of) you who read this may know, I've recently embarked upon an "all in" creative adventure, which includes a new web comic and a collaborative book project for a start. This has been a wildly fun few months, filled with much making and even more networking.
It's also been - in a word - exhausting.
I want to keep it up. I really want to continue drawing, shaping "Postcards from Purgatory" into everything I believe it can be, accepting commissions for the wonderful books of my friends, putting together "Bar the Door," as well as a small series of perzines on the back burner, and collaborating with my ever-so-talented roommate and comrades on various artistic endeavors. I want this to be the best year in the history of years for me, creatively speaking. And I believe I can make it work.
In order to make it work, however, I have to work. And balancing all this art'ing with an everyday job is a job in and of itself. It's doubly difficult with my agoraphobia insisting on my staying indoors (the stubborn jerk). I'm definitely leaving no available stone unturned: I've taken on freelance work from home with a local SEO company, continued to beef up my Etsy resources business, begun selling prints of my art at every e-avenue I can rustle up, been offered (and enthusiastically accepted) a couple of commissions from creative friends, and I'm reviewing music for spare change at one of those pay-as-you-write sites. Somehow still, however, none of this adds up to enough to support myself. And so, I've created a Patreon campaign in the hopes of acquiring pledges from people out there who enjoy my art (both written and visual) and would like too see more of it.
http://www.patreon.com/mollyoblivion
I feel like I've been obnoxious in my promotion of this campaign... It's just very important to me. Some might even say vital. My parents and a few close friends have been so incredibly supportive and encouraging. I appreciate you all so much (you know who you are). But it's been very slow-going on a larger scale and I'm afraid, if I can't generate enough interest soon, it'll fizzle out completely and prove to be a bust. I'm starting to feel the nagging hand of discouragement over here with what little buzz I've been able to kick up and maintain about the campaign beyond my inner circle.
Help me bring it up a notch? Even if you can't afford to pledge, sharing and liking my Facebook posts about the campaign helps more than I can say. Tell your friends, tell them to tell their friends and so on and so forth... Please help keep me creating until I can get these projects on their feet!
Okay... Here endeth the begging.
It's also been - in a word - exhausting.
I want to keep it up. I really want to continue drawing, shaping "Postcards from Purgatory" into everything I believe it can be, accepting commissions for the wonderful books of my friends, putting together "Bar the Door," as well as a small series of perzines on the back burner, and collaborating with my ever-so-talented roommate and comrades on various artistic endeavors. I want this to be the best year in the history of years for me, creatively speaking. And I believe I can make it work.
In order to make it work, however, I have to work. And balancing all this art'ing with an everyday job is a job in and of itself. It's doubly difficult with my agoraphobia insisting on my staying indoors (the stubborn jerk). I'm definitely leaving no available stone unturned: I've taken on freelance work from home with a local SEO company, continued to beef up my Etsy resources business, begun selling prints of my art at every e-avenue I can rustle up, been offered (and enthusiastically accepted) a couple of commissions from creative friends, and I'm reviewing music for spare change at one of those pay-as-you-write sites. Somehow still, however, none of this adds up to enough to support myself. And so, I've created a Patreon campaign in the hopes of acquiring pledges from people out there who enjoy my art (both written and visual) and would like too see more of it.
http://www.patreon.com/mollyoblivion
I feel like I've been obnoxious in my promotion of this campaign... It's just very important to me. Some might even say vital. My parents and a few close friends have been so incredibly supportive and encouraging. I appreciate you all so much (you know who you are). But it's been very slow-going on a larger scale and I'm afraid, if I can't generate enough interest soon, it'll fizzle out completely and prove to be a bust. I'm starting to feel the nagging hand of discouragement over here with what little buzz I've been able to kick up and maintain about the campaign beyond my inner circle.
Help me bring it up a notch? Even if you can't afford to pledge, sharing and liking my Facebook posts about the campaign helps more than I can say. Tell your friends, tell them to tell their friends and so on and so forth... Please help keep me creating until I can get these projects on their feet!
Okay... Here endeth the begging.
November 16, 2013
In which I try something new...
CALLING ALL VISUAL ARTISTS!
My second book is nearly finished... and I thought this one might be best accompanied by a collection of visual art from various artists. Photographs, drawings, painting, collages, etc. - I'd really love to help promote the art of others while enhancing the overall reading experience. Additionally, I would really love to include the creations of friends and readers. And so, I'm holding a kind of contest. If you're interested in contributing, here's what I need:
6-8 digital submissions of any medium. Of these, three or four will be selected from each artist. I'd like a total of five contributors.
The theme of the submissions should be AGORAPHOBIA. This can be expressed/illustrated in any way, so long as it's conveyed somehow. There is no size limit and there are no content restrictions.
All contributing artists will receive 10% of all profits from the book, to be delivered quarterly, as well as artist credits both beneath their work and at the front of the book. One submission will also be selected for the cover - that contributor will also receive 10 copies of the book, a personalized copy of Our Bridges Are Burning, and a framed digital copy of their cover work.
All submissions should be received by January 1st, 2014.
Please send all submissions to tsairacy@gmx.com.
My second book is nearly finished... and I thought this one might be best accompanied by a collection of visual art from various artists. Photographs, drawings, painting, collages, etc. - I'd really love to help promote the art of others while enhancing the overall reading experience. Additionally, I would really love to include the creations of friends and readers. And so, I'm holding a kind of contest. If you're interested in contributing, here's what I need:
6-8 digital submissions of any medium. Of these, three or four will be selected from each artist. I'd like a total of five contributors.
The theme of the submissions should be AGORAPHOBIA. This can be expressed/illustrated in any way, so long as it's conveyed somehow. There is no size limit and there are no content restrictions.
All contributing artists will receive 10% of all profits from the book, to be delivered quarterly, as well as artist credits both beneath their work and at the front of the book. One submission will also be selected for the cover - that contributor will also receive 10 copies of the book, a personalized copy of Our Bridges Are Burning, and a framed digital copy of their cover work.
All submissions should be received by January 1st, 2014.
Please send all submissions to tsairacy@gmx.com.
November 8, 2013
In which introspection is the mother of all long naps.
Still writing, as ever, just cutting back on counting words. Splitting time between the novel, the Etsy store and the web comic now. This is an excellent lesson in time management... and how to properly eat cookies amidst distraction.
Hoping everyone had a delightfully dreadful Halloween.
Hoping everyone had a delightfully dreadful Halloween.
August 4, 2013
In which there is no second floor.
Despite a very distracting - and equally lovely - all-day Whovian marathon (in preparation for tomorrow's announcement of the casting choice for the twelfth Doctor!), I managed to have a really good writing day. As Neil Gaiman says, on the good writing days nothing else matters.
Today's word count: 5,086.
Today's word count: 5,086.
August 1, 2013
July 30, 2013
In which I wave hello and creep back to the cave.
In an effort to remind everyone - particularly myself - that I am, in fact, hard at work on a novel, I've decided to try chronicling the writing process here. This may or may not prove to be a total wash.
Yesterday's word count: 4,076.
Yesterday's word count: 4,076.
The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause...
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