Hot in Honolulu

Oi.

Here's the thing about Hawaii they don't tell you, kids--

It's hot. And not like, a tolerable kind of hot where it's nice and breezy and sunny. It's the '86 degrees with the humidity set at 500% and a magnifying glass over the sun' kind of hot.

Not a good day to wear black.

But it has put me in a good place to reminisce on the icy-cold Christmas I spent in Salem, Oregon this year. Which is good, because my current side-project MS takes place in November, in the Willamette valley.

I have a weird relationship with Oregon. My first time back was when I was 17 in September a few years ago, and it stuck with me in a big way. I haven't been able to get it out of my head.

The trees and the hills and the mountains and the trees, and the trees, it was pretty huge to me. And ever since, I've totally been enamoured with the idea of mythical and mystical critters living there. It seemed totally plausible that there would be fairies running around in the forest on the way to the coast, and white stags hiding among the trees.

Also, I was really jetlagged and dehydrated the whole trip :) 

Honestly. . .

I feel like I'll never finish anything again. As soon as I get one idea that I love, I get another that I love just as much as that last one. This happens to me frequently, as it does to a lot of people I suppose. Sterling was a sort of a random stroke of luck in terms of finishing anything.
Though as that same luck would have it, I've been drawing a ton! I've made quite a bit of new art lately, including Sherlock fanarts (Benny C. is inadvertently teaching me how to draw cheekbones, it's wonderful!) and some pieces for a new book I've been working on lately.
I've had some great ideas, tossing around the idea of writing and drawing a comic again. I've thought about doing it before, but I couldn't draw back then as well as I can now, and I'm learning to do better. I'm not too good at action shots.
Right, so that's my life lately!
Here are some of the arts I've been doing :}

Sherlock Holmes from BBC's Sherlock. Featuring Benny C's inspirational cheekbones

John Watson from BBC's Sherlock -- what do you mean the same pose?

Evey

Some sketches

more sketches -- Tenth and Eleventh Doctors from Doctor Who, annotated

Officially starting a new project

Outlook. hopeful. Thinking it will be a steampunky fairytale circus-y gypsy thing. No, I don't know either. But I've written a few pages so far and feel quite hopeful.

The Fourth Doctor for all the things!

Drafting

Ok, here's the deal. I'm sick and tired of starting a story and not finishing it. So, in the style of Julie Powell, I'm making a blog to see if it'll help me out. I'm writing a blog about writing a book, isn't that quaint?
SO far there are 8 rough pages in the whole thing. I'm hoping to do at least a page a day, all typed size 12 single spaced font. It's not as hard as it sounds.
I've been working on it for a few days, and even if I don't submit to an agent, gosh darnit I'm gonna finish the dern thing! Can I get a whoop whoop!?