A couple recent disappointments

[breakinglight11]

Had a couple disappointments recently that have knocked me down a bit. The big one was being forced to cancel Mrs. Hawking's spring shows at the Watch City Steampunk Festival. It was the right decision, for the sake of keeping people safe by not gathering during the spread of COVID-19, but I'm pretty bummed. I work hard to make it so that Mrs. Hawking sticks in people's minds, but a lot of the times it feels like it doesn't really stick with anyone when it's not right in front of them. I worry about what progress I've made being lost if we go that long without having a show. I know it's a small thing in the grand scheme of things, when so many people are suffering way worse, but this project means a lot to me, so I'm still sad. We're going to do something else in the interim, but I haven't settled on what it will be yet.

We also got word that our pitch did not win the contest we entered. It's not the end of the world; the prize was to get a year free of a program that gave you access to film industry professionals, with the possibility of getting signed to representation. It was cool to get as far as we did, but it would have been nice to get in, as it’s pretty expensive normally. It was just a disappointing thing to hear to right on the heels of the show getting cancelled.

I’ve been trying to sort of jumpstart myself. I was doing pretty well in quarantine until this. So I’ve been trying some stuff to jolt myself out of being down— specifically, trying some projects that are really outside my typical style.

More on that soon.

Comments

[bex77]

My sympathies on show postponements. We are struggling through that with a lot of projects, and slowly building a new path online. Strange days. Here's hoping we'll learn things that will help us spread our art to even more people!

[breakinglight11]

Thank you, I appreciate it! I know a lot of us creative types are in this boat right now. It sucks, but we'll get through. :-)

[desireearmfeldt]

Mrs. Hawking is remembered! :)

[breakinglight11]

Thank you. <3 That really means a lot to hear, so thanks for taking the time to say it.

[desireearmfeldt]

:)

I am actually way behind on seeing the plays, but I love that they exist and I enjoy following along with your posts about the writing process and inferring what the plots are like from bits & pieces. (Which is also how I consume most TV, come to think of it. In the case of Mrs. Hawking plays, my not seeing them has mostly been due to not being a con-goer and never managing to make it to Watch City despite every year saying "maybe this will be the year!")

[jducoeur]

Yeah, I'm disappointed that the show had to be cancelled -- it's totally the right thing to do (and I'll be surprised if the festival as a whole isn't cancelled), but I was looking forward to seeing the latest installment, since as usual I had a conflict during Arisia.

Definitely on-board to see it whenever the world returns to some semblance of normal and you get a chance to put it on!

[breakinglight11]

Thank you! I hope we can get something good together, though not a hundred percent sure what. I appreciate a lot that you want to see it, it really means a great deal to me.