OK, some good news to start with. The backlog of orders caused by the equipment failure at the printers is slowly getting sorted. I had an order dating back to June 30th arrive on July 30th, so hopefully that means that the books ordered between 3rd and 12 July, which I think has been the most badly affected period, should start arriving with readers shortly.
I think part of the hold-up has been that the earlier orders had to be fed back into the system so began their journey all over again. I'm having a think about how I can prevent this from happening again in the future. It hasn't been the best book launch I've managed!
Looking forward, the next comic mart in Colchester is going to be on the 4th of October at the usual venue. There are already plans for a broader art show and I imagine the same dealers will be turning up with some interesting stock. I believe Keith Burns is already confirmed as a guest, so it'll be worth coming down just for the chance to meet Keith.
Before that, I should have the next volume of MYTEK THE MIGHTY out and hopefully also the AIR ACE PICTURE LIBRARY COMPANION. I've just finished writing some pocket biographies of all the artists and writers who don't have a full-length biography in the volume—don't forget that I'm planning a couple more volumes covering the Fleetway war libraries, so potentially there will be another twenty or thirty biographies to write. I'm not sure how quickly I'll be able to get them out as it has taken probably four months to write and design the AIR ACE and now I've got another month of proofing, correcting and getting printed copies.
I'm not sure what I'm doing next, but it's likely to be finishing off a project that I started a few years ago. It'll be good to get one of the many titles I've announced over the years finished. Which one though?
I haven't been up to much else. We're having problems with one of our two tomato plants which is suffering from Blossom End Rot—caused by a lack of calcium getting through to the fruits, either through the too tight packing of the roots in the pot we have it in, or a lack of water (which I don't think is the problem as I have been watering them regularly). I wonder if the fact that the plant pot was attacked by ants the week we got the tomatoes. I'm watering the plants more often, and we're looking to buy some bone meal (which will require a trip into Colchester as there's nothing locally), but I'm not hopeful that we'll get a good harvest this year.
I'm thinking that next year we might get the plants out of the pots and replant them, but it's difficult to know where they'll get the same level of sunlight. But I guess anything is better than having them rot on the vine.
We're off this evening to see Jessica Fostekew. Wish us luck—it's an outdoor venue and there's a threat of rain!
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