DJO August Newsletter
Podcasting, SDCC, and more!
Starting a podcast was never on my bucket list, despite being in my forties and chronically having a lot to say. But when Brittany casually brought up the idea of doing one together, I was immediately all in. As two working writers in totally different stages of our careers and with a variety of other creative endeavors, plus being the parents of a very active toddler — we have a lot of thoughts on a lot of things. And one aspect of our marriage that I’ve always treasured is how well we’re able to bounce ideas off each other, brainstorm, critique, encourage, and overall just be there for one another during the messy, daunting process of making art in this wild world. And we have a lot of fun doing it.
So I’m beyond thrilled to present INKBOTTLE, a podcast about creativity, writing, and parenting. Our first episode is out now wherever you listen to podcasts—head over to our Linktree to stream and follow our socials. In today’s episode, we talk about social media and how it affects our lives as creators. It was a fun time recording, and I can’t wait for all the other things we have to share with y’all.
Last weekend The High Republic had some big reveals at San Diego Comic Con. Hop over to Cav’s full on-the-ground recap here, and let’s review some of what dropped in my own little corner of the Galaxy Far Far Away…
First and foremost, the cover of Escape from Valo was released. Alyssa and I have been working hard on this book, putting all the passion and fun into it that we can. And now to see these characters brought to life on the cover is so rewarding. Cover artist Petur Antonsson never misses — and wait till you see his interior illustrations! Also Ram returns!
Our High Republic Young Adult anthology Tales of Light and Life was released exclusively for SDCC attendees so I’ll talk more about it when it’s out to the public, but please remember to keep your fellow THR fans in mind and don’t post any spoilers!
The return of my Star Wars series with Dark Horse, The High Republic Adventures, is just a few months away! Check out these phenomenal covers Harvey drew up, featuring some familiar faces and one new one, your future favorite cosmic horror chaos droid…
That’s all for today! See you next month.
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Hiii Daniel! I’ll definitely try to check the podcast out this week, the topic of your first episode really is of interest to me.
Regarding Escape from Valo, I am dying to know the name of the little girl holding that little pet because she’s probably one of my new favourite little glup shittos 👀
THRA is back soon, huge yay! The background on the first cover you shared here really is intriguing and it looks like such a pretty place, I’m so excited to dive into the story you have for Zeen and Qort 🫶🏼
I subscribed to the podcast!