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Canister X Mailbag – Hilda and Richie’s Wizard Unboxing – May182022:
It’s unboxing time and this time it’s Max West’s second children’s book, Hilda and Richie’s Wizard!
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Since recovering from being ill–and I’m still recovering–here’s what my current daily schedule looks like:
Wake up and pet the dogs. I’m usually up before everybody else.
Post my daily Good Morning post on Facebook and give the day’s positivity rating. The rating is given based on how I feel at that exact moment.
Make coffee.
Have a small bite to eat.
Have coffee and surf the feeds and check email, taking note of which ones I need to respond to later.
By now Melinda is up so I have more coffee and spend time with her before she has to go to work.
Work on the current project. As of this writing, it’s proofing the galley for the reissue of REDEMPTION OF THE DEAD.
Break
Non-committal work. By this I mean work I can do and get done but not share with anybody yet (i.e. a blog post, the newsletter, YouTube video, etc.).
Break
Work on the current project.
Break
Review and share the non-committal work
Personal tasks (i.e. personal correspondence, bills, etc.).
Break
Nap
I may or may not call it a day at this point. Depends what time it is. Melinda gets off work at 4:30 and then it’s time to get ready for supper.
Evening walk with Melinda and then a quick walk with the dogs.
Chill out time.
Bed.
I haven’t blogged here in nearly a year, which makes me a hypocrite because I used to stress blogging fairly frequently. Thing is, I fell ill again and had to put a full stop on most things while I recovered. I was able to pick at odds and ends but wasn’t able to get back into the full swing of things.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been as productive as ever and finally brought some book stuff out of the darkness and into the light. I did a lot of work and the following is an update as to where my various projects are at.
In no particular order:
Giganti-gator Death Machine: Triple Feature – with the editor.
The Canister X Transmission: Year Four – with the formatter.
The Canister X Transmission: The Long Year Five – with the formatter.
Expected release: Summer 2022
Reissues:
Blood of the Dead – with the formatter.
Possession of the Dead – with the formatter.
Redemption of the Dead – beginning of final proofread.
Surprise Project – In pieces but not in a bad way. Just need to assemble everything and write something for it.
Expected release: Fall 2022
The Axiom-man Saga:
The Summoning – to be written soon.
Episode No. 4: Transformations – to be written.
New Dawn – to be written.
These three Axiom-man books will be written back-to-back because these three stories are The Battle of Power Trilogy, so essentially one story told over three parts. My goal is to have them out by Winnipeg Comic Con in the fall. I know the above looks like a lot and overshooting the year but you have to remember what these projects are and how close each one is to being finished.
Other items:
Fredrikus – I have one episode inked and ready for scanning. The comic is temporarily on the backburner while I finish up the above.
The Canister X Transmission: The Very Long Year Six – I plan to resume the newsletter at a later date. I want to wait until I’m fully back up and running so I have something to write to you every week.
YouTube – I have a package here at Axiom-man Central that I want to do an unboxing video for so look for that soon. I also plan to make more videos once I’m fully back in the saddle.
Canister X – I’ll blog when I can and when I have something to say.
And there you have it: A complete picture of what’s happening with various projects on the go. Let’s hope my health keeps up.
Cheers.
~APF
Due to my changing workload, there will be some changes to the blog, namely in the area of Status Reports. I might do one on here once in a while, but I’ve decided to do them as weekly videos instead.
The plan is to record them Thursdays and then air them Fridays. I’m not sure when this will start.
My regular YouTube programming like unboxings, reader questions, vLogs, collectible showcases, etc. will remain ongoing.
This plan also opens up the blog for more topical content, whatever that might end up being.
There will be some overlap between these new weekly update videos and the newsletter because some folks prefer reading the updates and some prefer video. Whichever side of the fence you fall on, they’re both worth checking out because the content won’t be 100% identical and each will have their own perks.
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vLog – My YouTube Journey:
I made a little vLog talking about my YouTube journey thus far. It’s short and simple.
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One of the ideas I’ve been toying with off and on–and recently mentioned in my newsletter–is doing weekly update videos in lieu of updates on the blog. They would air here as an embedded video from my YouTube channel.
Given the current–and upcoming–workload, this idea seems to be a way for me to simplify things on my end and free up some time, time that would in turn be spent working on projects.
The other benefit is it would free up the blog space for more topical items and/or thoughts.
The videos would be casual vLogging and just a way to keep everybody in the loop.
Note: These videos wouldn’t replace standard features on my YouTube channel like unboxings, reader questions, collectible showcases, etc. They’d probably go under their own heading as a weekly update.
What you think? Is this something you would watch?
I’m reviewing my interaction with the Web so any feedback is appreciated. Please write in and let me know and we’ll go from there.
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Thanks. Enjoy your day.
Status Report – 050420:
Today, we uploaded a new video to YouTube, worked on the cover to Fredrikus No. 1, and did some administration stuff.
What you see in the pic above is part of Fredrikus No. 1, page 1.
This strip will be in color.
The cover is around 50% complete (color flats are down and modeling has begun).
Hope you dig Fredrikus when he debuts, especially if life humor is your thing.
This has been your Status Report for 050420.
