Worms

I work creatively as a freelance, which I'm very happy to do, rather than moping in an office, but I don't like talking about my work here. Had a big project lately, which is consuming a lot of my time (will take about a year, all told!). But, the less I go on about it, and the more I do it, the easier it becomes. TV writers are a stressed bunch, and I'm no different, it seems. I just tell myself that they didn't hire me because they wanted a spectacular failure; it's because I can do the job, so I should stay assured with that.

In the meantime, I'm doing illustrations for the McGill Reporter, the faculty newspaper at McGill University here in Montreal. I find it relaxing to do, because it's not like the writing work. I'm stumped on something (like trying to find a way to link up the last scene in my documentary script to the new scene with a simple, funny phrase), and then the newspaper editor calls up, and asks for a picture of composting worms -- it feels like a break. And I'm making money doing it.

The illustration came out in black and white. So here it is in colour! There was some debate over whether the worms should have eyes or not. I thought, of course not.

I've gotten tons of "comment spam," darn them. Automated responses plugging some website or another. So I've had to turn on the Blogger "comment verification" feature. Hope that doesn't deter you real commenters out there, wherever you are. I certainly like comments! But won't beg for them. No. I'm above that.