2025: January update

So one week into the week and I gotta say... This is gonna be a hard one apparently!

I don't usually give updates like this, but seen others do so and thought it might be appreciated, idk, tell me if ya hate this.

So wanted 2025 to be the year I get all my shit! and at least put them in order. And ive sorta been able to do that to a degree.

First I had decided to submit for a Normie comic (a SFW comic), I've been a part of the group since its first publication and while I have been a silent back of the room member for the last couple of years a urge to make something and have a physical thing I can show people in my irl life arose so I reached out to the current members and they were like "ya sure, we'd love to have ya submit something" with the theme being recipes I did worked on it here and there.
I find it easier to script in my roughs so sent in roughs and...
She hated it, like the editor really really hates it! but she wont out right say so and its been SO annoying! right off the bat she says we're going to have to talk about body positivity and consent issues in the work. The consent thing threw me but there is a instant pregnancy joke but its a play on bun in the oven. Over all through talking with this lady I really get the vibe that she didn't like the jokes and kind of just wants me to quit but can't just turn down submissions as its a group collective, so instead she's misreading every joke as being punching down, saying the physical comedy comes across as abusive, that the characters only have negative toxic interactions and asking me to cut all jokes that can be interpreted as fat jokes and saying I really don't understand comedy. It feels like she's been very deliberate in word choice to come across as speaking down to me. Idk, it's been the first time I've felt really mad in a sort of sad angry way cause she's hiding her feelings of not liking it behind it being problematic and the worse part is I've been very accommodating and she's still being overtly rude and grand standing.
I know your all asking, why not quit then as Its def not worth the headache and honestly I never made buck or fame or anything like that from these anthologies. IDK, just feels like I'd be letting this nasty lady win if i let her bully me out of doing this, sorry that's the best explanation I got.

Next for a shorter point, My mother is having knee surgery in about a week and a half. I took the rest of the month off to be around but I don't think she'll need me that much, don't know if this will result in more or less art. My aunt is also coming to help so she might be around interrupting work, she might be freeing me up to do more, idk.

Then my brother. He apparently vomited throughout the night (A few nights ago). after a few days of being under the weather we find out he got himself pneumonia.

applied to a handful of government jobs and have just gotten the rejections : P
Didn't think Id get to the interview of most tbh, but just found out they wanted internals to apply through a convoluted way for the ones I am actually qualified for so fingers crossed.

now for something that not me complaining, got a few patron pics to do so look forward to those.
got some ideas including a Beth comic and will being starting "The date 2" along with maybe some other bits comics