New Story Rough Is Done

Ah, that 'Just finished a story' afterglow. There's nothing quite like it.

So I've finished my story about Big Mac being a boxer, and boy did it go off in a direction I didn't anticipate at the beginning. I'm pretty pleased with it, though. I had a good time writing it. For the next few days, I'll probably be doing some editing, but does anyone want to pre-read it? I'm always interested in hearing opinions on how a story is coming together.

Now if I could just get the art settled. WHY IS IT SO DAMN HARD TO GET ARTISTS TO RESPOND?! I've never understood this about artists. I tried for several years to get comic books together, and I'd meet with these artist who were totally on board. Then they'd suddenly disappear. Six months later I get an email apologizing and telling me that they'd still like to work on the thing if it's still available. Then they disappear again. It's so frustrating. I'm trying to give them money to do the thing they like to do! Why is this such a complicated arrangement?

Sigh. Well, I'm going to contact another artist tomorrow, probably.