Guys... I normally don't make a post of this magnitude, but it has to be said...
I'm now in an awkward position regarding my latest Drive. It's been about a week now with nothing to make it go forward. This is basically the same thing that happened to that Ember Drive a while back, in which I had to postpone that one to a later date. Now, I'm REALLY getting worried: did I pick the wrong time to do this? Clearly, I must have done something wrong as to not gain any traffic... Should I have waited until July or August...? What am I missing...?
Switching gears, it certainly doesn't help that I now have debt collectors on my tail. While I'm back to working a day job for SOME additional income, I can only get so much per week, and even THAT is not a given. Weekly schedules at my new job are random, and salaries are fine, but not SUPER high; and that is expected. There's that....
... but it was also brought to my attention that I'm kind of...
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yeah.
It is NOT something to be proud of. For those of you or whoever is out there that previously Commissioned me, a few weeks, or months, or even 2 years out... I cannot stress as to how sorry I am. I've been working on different strategies to speed up my workflow and better organizing my priorities regarding my cartoon works. I believe that this is not a good look for me as a Commissionee. Frankly, I blame myself as to why I'm not as successful as I hoped to be: after 13 years (at the time of this post). I really hate being slow on my "mojo", and I should have already seen that as an issue for driving in monetary requests. I'd consider advertising, but my priorities are all screwed up.
I know that ALL OF YOU, future and previous customers, deserve better from an artist like me. Hopefully, one day... I can get all there with those like Sciggles and others... as far as financial freedom goes. But until then.... a guy's gotta do what he's gotta do to pay bills and chuck down this god-for-saken debt collections... AND student loan debt, too.
Yeah... fun....
I don't know what else to do, guys... I don't want to kill this Drive that's been up since last Friday, but at the same time I'm kind of in a pickle. A pickle of my own making....
Again, I'm sorry for putting you through all of this... and through this vent. You all deserve so much better than what I offered up to date.
I'm up for questions, so ask away... please...?