I hate “blogging about not blogging” type posts. But I’ve been off my game and I want to let you know what I’ve been up to in the meantime. I’m llustrating mainly with selfies, because I work from home in my sweat pants most of the time and I’ve had a lot of occasions to dress up lately:

Katsucon 2014

Donned my Yaya Han cat ears for a day at Katsucon. Spent most of it waiting in lines, so sorry if I missed you/your panel! Next time I will pre-register for sure. Had a great lunch with reader/fellow journalist the Paper and caught the last 30 minutes of Charles’ “Spirits, Wheels, and Borrowed Gods” panel. Bought some new Gunpla, including a master grade Strike Rouge from Gundam SEED/Destiny. Also Bearguy San III from Gundam Build Fighters, complete with a light-up GP base. Saw LOTS of Kill La Kill cosplay.

New York business trip

Took pictures in the snow in Manhattan. Checked in on Foursquare at Foursquare. Tumbld about visiting Tumblr HQ. Spent most of my interactions with Tumblr employees discussing our many feelings about Attack on Titan. Ate Japanese curry and French macarons. Spent lots of face to face time with my boss and coworkers, who are normally on the other side of the country. Worked in an office for once! Rode Amtrak both ways and was overjoyed to hear that Amtrak is now testing a residency program for writers. I’m never so productive as when I’m on a train!

Progress on the book cover

Skyped with Kevin while I was still in New York, and we now have a cover sketch! I wanted to give Kevin free rein with his signature style I love so much, so I gave him a prompt—”super sentai journalist” and asked him to run with it. He didn’t disappoint and I especially love the sentient laptop sidekick! We’ll have a color version to show you by March 15.

What has everyone been up to while I’ve been gone? Apparently anitwitter people are rewatching Gundam Wing, and the rest of you are glued to Twitch Plays Pokémon.