Ha! This was, I think, around when I published my first novel, of which I STILL have copies of from that first print run. :)
It is a sad experience to receive a book of your work in print… and then to start seeing the mistakes. All of which you had combed for a billion times, but still slipped through.
I liked this strip so much, about the spin we give to friends who are having a hard time, that I named one of the Bruno books after it.
An odd side-effect of writing humor, is one can get REALLY into the mechanics of it, and so the idea of mentioning unmentionable subjects at inappropriate times can sometimes fail to occur to one.
Not speaking about anyone in particular (cough)
This is the kind of logic that used to keep me from attaining anything. Of course, I’ve replaced it with a million other things.
awwwwwkward.
But yes, it’s amazing what people don’t think of as wages. As an artist, I can attest. And gifts! Don’t get me started on gifts.
It was fascinating to attempt to write Bruno working as a stripper, because it is such a complicated complicated thing.












