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Chapters 7 and 8 (Webcomics Community, Webcomics Revenue) are fully drafted.

Whew.

The hard part is over now. The remaining three chapters... Why It All Matters, Where It All Might Be Going and What I Have To Do With It... will require almost no research. I'll have to unleash a full complement of revisions over the next 10 days, but that's actually kinda fun... a finished page you can make better is way less intimidating than a blank page with a few outline notes.

I'll probably go after Chapter 1 ("Prehistory") with a meat cleaver. In retrospect, some bits of our "prehistory" are like baby photos-- cute and all, but no indication of whether we'll grow up to be President Kennedy or Jeffrey Dahmer.

"Where It All Might Be Going" is the classic "review and conclude" sort of chapter at the end of every history book you ever read. That'll go hand-in-hand with the revision phase. Easiest that way.

"Why It All Matters" will probably go at the beginning instead of the end-- we oughta get some idea what the goals are before we get down to business.

The "What I Have To Do With It" chapter is one you won't find in the outline, but it's the natural result of my wrestling with the issue of how I announce potential biases without turning it into one big self-promotional gig. The rest of the history mentions Graphic Smash, Comixpedia and the WCCAs but leaves me and the comics I've written out of the picture. This will let me lay my cards on the table, make readers understand why I love the form and don't just Consider It Important, and condense that self-promo stuff into a page or two. :-)

Somehow I also have to fold in some work on the Pop Star pitch, which is getting a new lease on life (more about that later) and the latest Penny and Aggie story, "The Race Card."

Oh, and incidentally, I'll be attending the Washington Webtoonists meetup tonight along with Joey Manley. If you're in the area, you don't want to miss this.

Whew. Whew.

Okay, off to the gym.