Sorry, people. Although the Matthew Draws drawings are done, the survey is not yet set up because of backlog on the Robbi front, so today we’ll shed some light on that situation, which continues to unfold around the clock approximately two blocks from here.
We have just entered the second month of Robbi’s sabbatical. She has not, as she had hoped, caught up on her work. Mostly because her work keeps piling up as each new project she attempts to finish spawns eight more projects demanding her attention.
Robbi currently dwells in that piece of exquisite hell known as web design.
To be clear, she is currently in the process of designing five new websites, all of which need to be finished by October.
They are:
- A brand-new umbrella website for all of our various enterprises, which will be home to our brand-new blog.
- A brand-new Idiots’Books homepage and blog design.
- A brand-new Bobbledy Books homepage and blog design.
- A brand-new Idiotsbooks/Bobbledy Books combined store (which will allow you to buy subscriptions and other stuff from BOTH presses at once and which will [in response to popular demand] allow you to purchase recurring subscriptions so that you do not have to remember to renew; a win for you and for us!)
- A brand-new Haywire Letterpress site (so that you can, you know, buy stuff from Haywire Letterpress when it launches later this month)
I stopped by yesterday afternoon to make sure Robbi was still conscious and to get a pulse on her mood.
I thought a little company might make her feel better.
I was wrong.
Rest assured, she is not going hungry. As far as I can tell, if the old saying is true that you are what you eat…
…Robbi will soon be a granola bar.
And a bear naked one, at that.
Right after this photo was taken, she grumpily sent me away with a homework assignment.
The horizontal lines represent words that need writing. And so I will write them.
It seems the least I can do.
In spite of the abovepictured gloom, I am happy to say that Robbi is making great progress. Far more than she can see from the depths of her misery. It is exciting to see all these new designs and sites take shape. I daresay we will emerge on the other side of this ordeal looking far more polished and professional than we do now. You might not even recognize us.
If in doubt, just look for the grumpy granola bar.
