Not and Inch of Progress Today-- Not Very Good At All, My Love
/Today I got word that my day job may yet be saved and I will not suffer a %40 pay cut. The bad news is that my friend — my esteemed mentor, in fact — will have his job cut instead. All kinds of thoughts ran through my head. I thought, “Too bad, but he’ll never miss the money. He’s got another job with one the biggest companies in the world — he’s been there 30 years. He doesn’t need this.” Then I thought, he gave me my start in this business. I’m glad that I might still have my job for another few months, and I’m sad that he won’t.
Then another email arrived from my boss, saying “I put in the papers to cancel your product, but there’s some red tape that might not allow me to cancel it.” The situation is officially unresolved. I’m on tenterhooks now. I don’t think I’ve ever used the expression “on tenterhooks” before. I had to look it up to see if I’m using it right…and I am.
Today the best I could do was sketch something completely unrelated to my children’s picture book, a bottle of date syrup and a bottle of molasses. The dry brush effect is killer. I love pen and ink.
