Hello folks!
This will be a rambling update, so it will be spaced out into critical points! Please feel free to skim if you’d like.
It’s 2023 now, and I meant to send an update. However, I’ve been smashed over the head with deadlines, merch preparations, and my trip to Japan in the next month.
New gRAPHIC nOVEL
Enlighten Me is now available for preorder and on my website! Click here to see my new page for it.
It’s so exciting to finally see this book out on the internet and not something I have to fret about anymore. The process of making this comic was quite different than when I worked on The BSC, and I have learned a lot about how I like to work (and how I do NOT want to work). My most enormous thanks to my agent, Molly. I don’t know how I’d make it through everything without her.
ginkgo Bags
WOW! My bag drops finally happened, and I’m so happy with the results. I never expect anyone to like my merchandise, comics, or illustrations. So to have my bags sell out in less than a minute… I nearly cried. My friends all laughed at me because they thought it was rather obvious my stuff would sell out, but it’s hard when you’ve been waist-deep in a project and cannot separate yourself from it.
I hope to make more posts in the future about marketing, my take on the algorithm, and my handling of social media… but this post will get really long! However, I’m excited to share some of my analytics with those curious about what it looks like behind the curtains. Why share this? While I enjoy numbers, I think what’s most fascinating is how people view your content.
Mobile takes the cake for my top devices. While maybe not the most exciting or new information, mobile is much more common nowadays, and having a mobile-friendly site is so important! I think it’s something folks don’t tend to think about since most apps or social websites are already optimized for it. Though, if you’re ever looking to make your own website, like myself, it’s something you have to account for (unless you don’t want to, and that’s fair, let’s go Neocities).
Of course, Twitter was my top Source. Though, to my surprise, Direct Links were second?! Where are all these people coming from?! I may never know.
Once I open preorders, it will be really cool to see how far I can take my bag! I hope to expand to Instagram and TikTok (shudders, but the numbers don’t lie).
Member’s Only Store
Speaking of bags… I have opened a store only for members! Surprise!
I will manage this tiny store where you can buy stuff from any time of the year. It will also offer products that are shielded from the general masses. I hope to do some earlier drops for you all in the future, but I did not plan to open my store so soon, and then it was too late.
So what does this all mean?
These are the items that are available right now!
The shop is accessible using the Member’s Homepage, but here is also a direct link.
Oh, I’d like to mention that the member shop allows shipping outside of North America. This way, I can handle these packages personally and as carefully as possible.
I don’t have a lot of people who are signed up for my blog yet, so this gives me ample opportunity to take care of those who choose to interact with me!
Oh, and the new downloadable is available! It’s the year of the rabbit, so there’s a printable calendar!!! I’d love to see if you end up printing your own copy!
