Portrait of the Artist, Pleased

[darinbradley]

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[darinbradley]

Thank ya, miss. :)

[ennisdrake]

Congratulations! I don't think I said so before.

There's something about a sale that's almost anticlimactic. A tightness in your chest. A heat in your guts. Sure. But it's only momentary. Once the moment's passed, everything else is just an affirmation of the work. A physical rendering of what you knew all along.

The work is the thing.

[darinbradley]

You're right. And the minute you catch your breath from one, you immediately want another.

The work is, indeed, the thing.

[selfavowedgeek]

Your co-author appears rather appreciative.

"Things will never be the same."--Thus, we write.

[darinbradley]

Yeah, that little beagle was a bear during the negotiations. You wouldn't think it-she looks so sweet . . .

[threeoranges_]

I'd imagine that a contract's mundanity is inversely proportional to the number of zeroes on it.

[darinbradley]

Though we hate to admit, there is always that truth.

[markteppo]

Or, maybe, they were never the same before, and now you can down to business. The paper has shown up, validation has been delivered, and now . . . WORLD DOMINATION!

(finally)

[redread]

I'm with him on this one.

[darinbradley]

World domination is always the best plan.

[darinbradley]

I know, right! Feels like I've been waiting forever to become Extreme Overlord of All I Survey. Finally.