Well I’ve just started my new year by reconfiguring my budget, paying bills, thinning out my file cabinet and assorted other book keeping activities. The process was kind of tedious, but actually enjoyable because it all provided evidence that this cartooning thing is working. The budget has very little wiggle room, but it actually seems possible that we can live on Howard’s cartooning without giving up the house or the cars or the kids activities. Right now we have contracts lined up that will pay bills through March. That’s the end of the solid ground. We have ideas about what will come after that, but nothing we can stand on yet.
We continue to live on hard work and faith and scrimping and the generosity of the Schlock fans (Some of whom were incredibly generous last month. I can’t thank those people enough if they’re reading this. Thank You!)
The point is, it’s working and I’m glad.
Horrah!
Same here – glad to hear it’s working. More Schlock and more happy Tayler family!
I emailed you on craft books & earrings, by the way.
Re: Horrah!
Hmm. . . the email has failed to land in my box. I suspect you have an outdated email address. If you send it to Howard via the “Email the Cartoonist” button on Schlock, then he’ll forward it to me.
Sorry for the run around, I’ve misplaced your email address and I don’t want to post mine in a public place.
Re: Horrah!
No problem – I forwarded it to the address I had for Howard. Also, I forwarded another one from my Freecycle address (“Various Stuff”); I saved a box of children’s CDs from the dumpster and was giving you dibs. The other 11 have already been freecycled.