Unlike Hollywood, this really is coming soon

Caitlin is penciling out the first comic for our webcomic. We have
had to goal to get this underway for some time now, and last summer we
even had a good chunk of story written, and a number of strips planned
out. This came to a halt when a) we lost our internet connection, and
b) I lost the binder. We still have the original character sketches
that Caitlin drew up last year, and those have been very useful in the
planning. We still have the same ideas in mind, but we've decided to
start from a different point. Instead of starting right at the
beginning of the story, we're going to start a little ways in, and
then have flashbacks. We can make it just one image, or we can make a
series of strips out of it. The main thing is that we won't be stuck
in it, it will just be a side story to complement the main story.

It makes sense to me.

I'm going to submit the comic to Comic Genesis as soon as Caitlin gets
it inked. I don't know how long the turn around time is for this, but
I'm thinking that sooner is better than later. Maybe I'm just eager
to start something new, or I'm just tired of thinking that 'someday'
we'll do this.

Caitlin and I thought that the best update schedule for the moment
would be sketch Mondays and canon Fridays. It moves it pretty slowly,
hence we are going to have to pack as much story as we can in each
one. I would prefer that the comic does the story telling rather than
having an illustration to complement a novel page. It works for some
people, and I'm not saying that it's bad. Who knows, maybe we'll try
it later. For now, we want it to be pretty straight up.

The other thing that we're trying to figure out is a name. We're
pretty certain but we'll be circulating some ideas to people.

Stay tuned for more details!

Oh and Rini is getting more and more defiant. We have to be a bit
more patient with her, but we've also discovered a few ways to get her
to eat healthy. First, don't give her snacks before meal times.
Second, if you don't want her to drink juice, don't drink it yourself.
We all need to drink more water, and if she sees you drinking water,
then she's fine with it. Especially if you drink it from a Nalgene
container. I have no idea why that works, but communal drinking seems
to be fine with her. I know I don't have meningitis, and neither does
she.