Change is in the air, and the breeze has been strong enough to knock me this way and that!
Internal changes at Two Gargoyles Comics have left me freer, more inspired, more “boundless” in terms of energy, creativity and wanting to try new things!
I just got back from a business trip (who schedules a business trip on January 1st? Apparently, I do) where networking and forming relationships (new ones and firming up old ones) were at the forefront of the hurly-burly of activity.
Coming home, I hit the ground running: I did a spreadsheet to organize my thoughts on everything I wanted to achieve plus all the deadlines I could think of for my work this year. It was heady; it was affirming—heck, the pleasure it gave me to actually seize control of my destiny (on paper, anyway) was like a phoenix cry as it rises from ashes to become itself.
I’m very excited for the projects I’m working on in 2025, which include but are not limited to: A secret collaboration with a well-known creator, one (perhaps two) new comic titles to launch, learning (I just received Seth Godin’s This is Marketing and This Is Strategy books which I intend to devour) and Kickstartering several new issues of my existing titles!
And, thanks to my spreadsheet, whenever this New Year energy wanes, I’ll have a clear plan already laid out to keep me on-task. I cannot overstate how awesome it is for someone with my “everything everywhere all at once” brain to have A Plan. It’s amazing!
Bearing in mind that every year has its ups and downs, I will leave you with this axiomatic advice:
“There is a time to fish, and a time to mend nets.”
We all want to be fishing when we’re “up,” but on days we can’t be “up,” those are the days we mend nets — concentrating on other aspects of our business or enjoying a break from it all. (Sometimes the net you mend is your own neural net! Give your brain a rest sometimes!)
All the best to all of us in 2025!
—Michael
“Twogargs” is an independent publisher of comic titles, including the genres of superheroes, comedy, horror, and urban fantasy… with more to come.
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