When I started ITCH, I thought the hardest thing about having a business would be the technical stuff, like keeping records and filing taxes.
Ha ha! Um, no.
OK, so the taxes thing is a little bit scary, but if you pay attention and just sit down and do it it’s really not a big deal at all. So, anyone out there who wants to do some kind of freelance thing and is worried about that part: honey, no.
The hardest part is this: to constantly come up with fun and creative ways to fall flat on my face, and then going ahead and doing the thing anyway, whatever it is, that could fall flat or not. Weirdly, when I actually do screw up, it’s generally no big deal. Someone will point out I’m being an idiot (OHAI Dock! THXBTW!) and then I backpeddle and try something else, and it’s cool.
But constantly taking that leap not knowing whether there’s any water in the pool, ach, it is doing my head in. But enough about that.
So, this page actually went up yesterday, but Wednesday is DIY Manga day so I’m announcing it today: you can hire me to draw some stuff for you. The page is pretty simple, and not at all the perfect thing I wanted it to be really, but perfection takes forever and I don’t have that kind of time. So it is what it is, and maybe it will get me some work, and maybe it won’t, and maybe some of you will have some clever things to say about how to make it better in the comments, and maybe you won’t, and that’s all OK.
I’m just learning. By cheerfully falling on my face.
PS: Thank you guys so much for your wonderful comments on last Friday’s post. I really appreciate it, and I could not be doing this without knowing you people believe in me, and care, so thanks. Uh, let’s end this cheezy moment: CONTEST! You better believe it. At some point. (Give it time.)
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