News first: The Fire Sermon has tipped itself over 6,000 reads this weekend. Too Hot For Dogs has also just knocked itself over the 1,000 mark as well - which is probably more impressive as it takes more than a few minutes to read and makes me want to finish the damn thing now.
On which note, I'm just about to unleash two new graphic shorts on Charlotte to see what she makes of them. Both are loosely based on "true" stories and I'm really excited about them, if for no other reason than what I have planned when they're done. They will either do the skyrocket thing or the stone in the well thing. Given that the stone in the well is not an option, bring it on!
I've just remembered something I meant to post a while back. The house next-door has a bloody huge well in the garden and I never noticed until last week. Actually, it had to be pointed out to me but the damn thing is huge. I feel really stupid for not seeing it before. Apparently it goes straight down about 60 feet and works. Or it would if it hadn't had three tons of chalk tipped down it. This was not so much because it was dangerous in a "drunken - oh look it's a well" kind of fashion, but more to keep the rats out.
Good plan. Anyway, I really need to get some press materials behind me/us to give these new stories a killer slant.
Following on from the post of a couple of days ago, I really need to start getting the numbers up here - the statistics are actually pretty damn good on a global level but what I need is more visible people. Google analytics is all a bit faceless. Useful for a website in itself but not so much for a blog. (Hey Rowan - is that correct?)
So, two things - if you pass by here a lot, maybe you could just add yourself as a follower on the source page - it would be extra specially helpful if you could. You don't have to do anything and you won't get any email or other trash from me but it will make me look big and clever for two minutes.
The second thing which is maybe a bit more of a favour, is telling somebody - just one person you know - that Zodiac Lung exists! Obviously not if you think it's shit - but if you think a friend may actually like some of the drivel here, let them know.
By return, if you have a page you want me to join, a list you want me to sign up to - anything of that nature, let me know. I'll also link to it here if it's good stuff.
Finally, for now, over at Alex Robinson's blog - which if you're a blog whore too, is an excellent read - AR dives into the Fantastic Four Masterworks trade paperback with some great insights on the team and the early days of the Marvel Universe. There was a time when I believed I was the only person who thought these things but I won't elaborate. Go read it yourself - it's a good post.
More later. Definitely.
