Making Things in 2019
by ryankl
They say you should start things the way you want to finish them, so I guess I want to end 2019 doing a whole mess of work.
Here’s a quick visual guide for how I played the first week of 2019.
MAKING COMIC BOOK STUDY GUIDES
I read BEOWULF by David Rubin and Santiago Garcia and it is just utterly stunning.
I instantly knew I had to write a Comic Book Study Guide about it for my Patreon, so I launched into it with vigour, the above image showing what the front cover will look like.
I’ve enjoyed running the Patreon to create study guides to help thinking around comics, and explicit use in the classroom, and I’m putting together some plans and ideas for 2019 which should make it an exciting place to be and thing to do.
WRITING AN UNDAD ANTHO STORY
I’ve been brought in by Shane W Smith to contribute a story to his UNDAD series, whic is aces, and so I’ve been breaking all kinds of thoughts on this, circling around the exact thing I want to say with this idea of a suburban dad becoming a zombie and trying to reconcile that with the man he still is.
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A Novel, My Novel
Dipping my toes back into prose, just to feel that power once more, and I’m enjoying the change of pace this brings. I don’t know where it’ll go, but I clearly don’t know where anything goes.
This story is always going to hit the back seat for the other comics writing, but it’s nice to have in my back pocket.
The Shiny New Project
I write lots of shiny new projects, but this one has really caught fire and spread throughout my brain. I can see and hear the lead character, which I’m loving, and it’s been a genuine treat to write this past week. You never know where that feeling comes from, or for how long it will stay, so I’m off to enjoy the good vinez.
Cubby House Library Fort
I took the kids to the local library, and we stocked up on all kinds of goodness, and then we returned home to tidy the cubby house and decorate it as a reading place. I need to get to hiding up in here way more often.
Every child deserves a reading space in their lives [so do most adults].
So, that’s been my first week, roughly – I didn’t want to screencap all of the many emails I’ve dealt with, and sundry other things.
For now, enjoy your first week into 2019, may it be productive, or restful, or relaxing…or whatever it is you need.
Without Fear 