COMIC: Space Camp: Epilogue
Added 2022-09-28 22:55:41 +0000 UTC
HAI GIRL HAI
This is the official end of the first draft of LETTERS FROM SPACE CAMP.
I still have some vignettes to draw that didn't quite fit into this main story, so if you signed up for Space Camp comics, don't worry, there's still some more coming.
At this very moment I am waiting for notes back from my agent and then I'll start... revising? I guess? I think what happens next is that I probably have to go draw a fully polished sample (chapter?) and prepare a pitch package that she can start hawking to publishers.
Ideally, some company offers me an advance that'll cover a year's worth of income while I rework Space Camp and get it into its final form, which will then be published in a book that shoots right to the top of the New York Times Bestseller List and my royalties just start rooooooolling in and then I retire at 40 and spend the rest of my days in my garden.
In the event that my ideal situation does not manifest, then I will do my revision work and self-publish on my own through Kickstarter.
Here's the cabbage seeds that planted themselves between the bricks in the strawberry patch.
The broccoli/cauliflower that sprung up after I planted a row of bell pepper starts. I had grown a crop of both broccoli and cauliflower in that patch previously, so I'm excited to see which species it turns out to be.
These two grow boxes with the GIANT raspberry bush forests in them? They were originally planted with sugar snap peas and salad greens. The raspberries migrated over from the fence and set up camp in the boxes after I had done all my intentional planting.
Comments
Oh my god, thank you so, so much for sharing this with me. I'm genuinely so touched and I'm so happy not only that you could find some resonance with my work but also I'm just happy to meet more people out there with similar experiences <:) And yes! BIG encouragement to find a more comprehensive DBT program! Good lord, once a week for one month??? ONLY four classes???? Like I already said in the comic, but it took about six weeks (I think?) before I started to absorb and understand that stuff, it tooooootally flew over my head for the first several weeks (and I also felt like I was failing it). It's a whole new language and way of thinking! That shit takes time! And practice!! Thank you so much for your message. It means a lot to know that we were growing up together, even if we didn't actually know each other in real life ♥
Erika Moen
2023-08-16 20:13:27 +0000 UTCReading this has been enlightening and touching, seeing what it was like for someone else to go through an IOP. It's a thing that when I bring up in conversation people have no idea what I'm talking about, even after I describe it. I had started to think that maybe it was a rare thing that I did and not a thing I'd ever have in common with anyone else. Thank you for being so open and honest in your experience with this, and for having healthy boundaries about things that aren't safe to share, even in an auto-bio work. This also really put me at ease about my time with a recent DBT program. We only met four times, one hour a week, for a month. I felt like I was barely beginning to grasp what mindfulness even is, but wasn't able to really learn about any of the other components of DBT much less actually implement mindfulness into my daily life. I had just about chalked up that I had failed and wasted my time there, but reading this made me realize that the program failed me, not the other way around. I plan to talk to my new Therapist about it, see if I could get something more out of a more comprehensive program. Also, just thanks for sharing your work. I've been a fan since the early days of DAR!. This is gonna sound corny, but true: it's been wonderful growing up with your work. I learned so much from it and had words to describe what I was going through at a time when most of my friends didn't even knew what Pansexual or Non-Binary meant. I am so happy to be at a place where I can support you on Patreon for a while.
Topknot
2023-08-16 19:35:37 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing that snippet of your story with me and I would love to read your full book when you finish it!
Erika Moen
2023-01-06 23:55:04 +0000 UTCThank for sharing this journey with us, and I really look forward to seeing how it's form grows as you revise it. I've been dealing with my own mental struggles and seeing someone else's on a page really makes me feel less alone. I'm also writing with the hopes of turning my own story of coming out as trans and autistic in my 30s into a comic memoir and the behind-the-scenes work is very motivating to keep going. :)
Kaybeast
2023-01-02 21:03:17 +0000 UTC
