Where There’s A Wal, There’s A Way

One thing I’m really enjoying about my latest creative format is that it feels instantly gratifying. So much of how I worked before, I felt like I had to hold off on telling anyone or showing anyone my updates or thought-process because I was so unsure of what I was doing or how it would appear. Now that I have my website and my blog as well, it will all go out as I see fit!

I no longer worry myself about people accidentally seeing my work or something. If you want to see what I’ve come up with or what I have planned, you know where to find me, and I’m okay with that.

Additionally, it’s so cool to know that I’ll have a central spot to connect to all that I do. Seeing everything together makes me realize just how much I’ve done so far and that I should be proud of myself and proud of my work! Constantly adding small updates here or there on the website encourages me to make updates with the individual projects I’ve yet to finish, it encourages me to make finishing touches on the projects I’m pretty much finished, and it makes me eager to draft and outline new projects. Posting on IG doesn’t offer this kind of excitement, not TikTok, nor anything else. I am excited to get stuff done once again! I feel blessed that I can afford hosting a site and a store. Again, as always, thank you to the people who buy from me and those of you who support me via donation.

Now with that out of the way, what is on my mind with regards to WoB nowadays?

My best friend keeps urging me to work on greeting cards because people can use greeting cards! Obviously it’s important to target the important occasions as a greeting card seller, but I can’t help but use my meme’ing brain for designing those. Of course, I have gimmicky birthday cards and a punny Father’s Day card, for example, but I also can’t help but consider lesser occasions like Guy Fawkes Day or “Congrats on your Divorce” types of cards! Think of the possibilities! Actually, no, you leave the thinking to me, you do the “ooh”ing and the “ahh”ing and perhaps even the “<cracking open of the wallet>”ing.

I know I know I know I should be working on greeting cards, but it seems to be one of those parts of what I aim to do that is nearly impossible for me to start, but once I’ll start, it’ll be over in an instant. Much like this website, it was something that I started and maintain all to avoid having to design a catalog for the WoB book fair. That catalog is going to be so simple, but I cannot bring myself to design it. I truly cannot comprehend my aversion to it. Maybe it’s because I know an in-person real life book fair is still a ways away. It’s not like I don’t have products already, I have about 20 books, a couple of puzzles, bookmarks, greeting cards, I HAVE stuff, I am just a little nervous to boot up Illustrator and get to putting it all together. Someone encourage me!

Oh well, back to working on my fantasy book.