Weekly Update! (2026-08-30) Feeling the Squeeze
So things are trucking along pretty well, if a bit on the rough end.
Unfortunately for us, there will be some not-unexpected but rather just inconveniently timed expenses for the foreseeable future. This means that my goal for the week is going to go up from $200 to $300, which realistically means more SotS on off days, or a series of clean-ups going along into the future. It shouldn’t be unmanageable, it’s just another thing to nudge into an already crowded schedule.
While I had hoped to wait on that until things were finished with the backlog, it seems that I simply do not have the time or opportunity to set things aside.
To that end, while I will still be making attempts to keep up with comics on a weekly schedule, any side work will be infrequent, if at all. I’ve still got ideas and I want to just bull into them, but I need space in my schedule to do so, even if I’m driving myself nuts. I’ll do it where I can, but I don’t want to feel guilty for not doing it.
I will be redoubling my efforts to finish the backlogged commissions from before the policy change, and I will be working off-stream as well as pushing to get new work in during the week. It’s going to be rough, but the sooner the log jam is removed, the better it will be overall.
Also, for the next few months until things are cleared out, there will be no runner-up for the monthly vote (not counting the current one).
In addition, I will not be able to take by-weeks off of streaming for a bit, either, due to needing the income from Sketch on the Spot, though there may be a by-week for the comic just to give myself a chance to rest, or perhaps I might switch from Various Happenings to The Adventures of Clara Cosmos for a bit, just to keep things fresh and to keep from getting worn out on ideas. If I get ahead, I might take an extra day off here and there just to keep from getting overwhelmed as well.
I thank you all for your patience and understanding in what is an understandably difficult time for everyone, some of us more than others.
If you are waiting on something that you paid for, feel free to drop me a line. Spooky that I may be now and again, I will not ghost you. There’s just a lot going on. If you need the money back or feel you’ve been waiting too long (and I haven’t started on your piece) then let me know and I’ll give you a full refund and get that back to you as soon as I have the funds available.
If you’ve sent me a PM via FA, IB, Newgrounds, etc., and I have not responded, it’s not because I’m trying to avoid you specifically, I just haven’t been able to push myself to go through and respond to all those messages. I’m doing better, but... I still struggle with avoidance and it’s hard to do sometimes.
For those of you who have put in on the last form and I haven’t contacted about invoicing or with questions. I... honestly haven’t been able to look at any of those yet. I’m trying my best to work diligently but things are just... very messy right now. What I would say is if you’re in the Discord, just try to nab an off-day SotS when you can (those have higher character limits), or talk to me on one of my non-streaming days and I’ll see what I can do.
If you’re not in the Discord, then I’ll do my best to get back to you as soon as I can. I don’t know when that’s going to be, but... I’m just juggling stuff and hoping nothing hits the ground. I appreciate the attention and hope that we can get something happening in the future.
On the up-note, I do have a new
Various Happenings this week, and I have updated
Hush with a few new panels as well, so check those out. I’ll also try and have a
Partners 2541 upload done by the end of this week.
Right now, there’s a lot of work to do every week, and keeping up with things is taking up most of my time and energy, so a lot of the stuff that’s been sitting there waiting is getting moldy. That’s a problem that’s entirely my fault, and I’m trying to do better about that. But we’re gonna get it done.
Thank you everyone for the support. As always, if you’re not a subscriber, feel free to check out my SubscribeStar. That will give you access to the Discord, and the VIP rooms where I post most of my stuff as soon as it’s finished.
If you can’t do that, then that’s fine. I appreciate whatever help people can afford to give, and just commenting on my uploads, or keeping up with the comics, or just liking things here and there really helps out. I’m happy to do all this for you peeps, and I wanna keep at it far into the future.
So for now, let’s just keep working at it.
Sounds like it’s going to be warm again. Hopefully for the last time this season! But who knows?
See you all next week!
~Sali