Babbling Point

AD MAN'S PRAYER Dear Lord I pray for wisdom to understand my client, love to forgive him, patience for their inanities. Because Lord if I prayed for strength I'd beat them to death. Amen.

Well... so much for that bright idea... Presented my story today. They still didn't buy it. Oh well... Not meant to be, I guess. So, we're back to square one. New story. Same deadline. That's just great. Hmmm... haven't had my comic book-fix for over a week. Maybe that's what's wrong. Need to go to Comic Quest. Hopefully, tomorrow or Saturday I get to go.

Dreaming it was already August Written by Neil Gaiman; art by P. Craig Russell, Milo Manara, Bill Sienkiewicz, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Glenn Fabry, and Frank Quitely; painted cover and book design by Dave McKean... this is THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS Neil Gaiman returns! Endless Nights presents seven tales - one for each member of the Endless - that reveal strange and surprising truths about the Sandman and his uniquely dysfunctional family. 160 pages,Oversized Hardcover (7 1/4" x 10 7/8"), $24.95 = P1300-1500 (depending where you buy it) Also launching on that month is Gaiman's 1602. Preview images can be found here . Preview art looks good, despite you don't see much. Keeping fingers crossed.

SECOND CHANCE Got an email from Mother One. They want to represent my story to client. Funny how you come up with a story that's favored internally and yet, is completely misunderstood and disliked by client. But then again... they are client. So, here we go... one more shot. Let's see if it flies this time.

SAD STORY After revising it several times, presenting it again and again, client finally stamped my story with : REJECTED. No matter what I did to make the story "lighter", they still say it's too sad, too depressing, and that's not what product is all about. They agree that it's an everyday, realistic story, but it's just too depressing that they don't want that. End of story. What a great way to start the week. Things should get better.