Actually, it seems like I read some very similar concerns about slowdowns every summer. I think a lot of people are out doing other stuff like a few have suggested, and they will be back again this winter.

I know that freebies were the way I started out several years ago. I enjoy making them and checking out the download numbers just for fun to see what people liked.

"People who attempt define what art is or is not, are not artists"---Luminescence