Good Morning. It’s a beautiful day in the Midwest, and a fine morning to sit out on the back porch.
I sound chipper, but there have been a few things weighing on me. I sprained my right ankle, and I went to a podiatrist. Both my ankles are messed up, or as the Dr. told me, I “have issues.” I’m working to take care of that. But, really, the effects of aging feel like insult to injury. By the time you take glasses, hearing aids, a mouthguard, and now ankle braces into account, it’s . . . shall we say, daunting.
Still, I’m very much alive, and potentially have many creative years ahead of me. I don’t have to discover who I am, nor develop my base skills, or figure out what I have to say. Life has supplied those for me. I have the maturity to tackle and finish big projects, and juggle multiple interests.
Now that I have the Brotherhood of Broken Men cover painted, I think it’s time to dig in and finish off the novel that goes with it. Yeah, it’s already written, but I have a couple of scenes to add.
I haven’t been in a hurry to hit the publish button because my books haven’t heated up the internet to date. I don’t believe it’s a quality issue, to be honest. In fact, I’m not sure what the issue is. Just because I want my fiction to be popular doesn’t mean it will automatically be so. Many great movies languish in theaters long before gaining a cult following, for as an analogy. And, in this day of self-publishing and print-on-demand, there is a tsunami of new books out there every day, and getting noticed among the storm surge is a mystery I have not cracked. I’m not even sure young people read much anymore. I’m not going to talk about shortened attention spans and the draw of other, more visceral media, but you get the idea.
So, the long and short of it is that I’m not taking it personally. I’m focusing on quality, not quantity, and I’m working slower, and with more intention.
Scott is known for the rich detail, clever storytelling, and organic quality to his art. As a cartoonist, Scott is an all-purpose creator– he writes, pencils, inks, colors, letters and designs. Scott Story has also done advertising art; covers for books, CDs and tabletop games; movie, event and concert posters; interior art for tabletop games; logos and website graphics; and a wide range of other media. Scott was trained in traditional media, such as acrylics and water colors, but now he divides his time between the traditional and digital art worlds. He is in demand for his digital painting skills, used on covers, posters and prints.
As the creative director of Story Studios LLC., he has published two graphic novels, Johnny Saturn: Synns of the Father, and Johnny Saturn: Homeland Insecurity, with two more in the process of being completed. Story Studios has also published seventeen comics, a sketchbook, and a pinup book. He has written articles for Blueline Pro’s Sketch Magazine, and prose stories for print anthologies and the web. His webcomic, Johnny Saturn, is a past winner of the Webcomics Readers Choice Awards, and Scott was a speaker at the prestigious Graphic Engagement academic conference hosted by the Purdue University Comparative Literature Program.
Scott is a member of the Indy Webcomic Group, and he was the creator and a founding member of the highly successful Collective of Heroes, a juried collective of indie superhero webcomics.
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