My advance cheque came in! My advance cheque came in!

Yes, I know I’ve already submitted the manuscript. But my advance cheque came in!

Now I’ll deposit it tomorrow morning, wait four weeks, and then magically have money once again. I know I’ve worked damned hard for it, but it feels like a gift. Knowing there’s another hefty cheque in a couple of months to complete the manuscript payment is even more delicious. Plus the two cheques paying me for the two books I’ve edited due out this fall… yes, indeed, I’m feeling much more financially with it.

Even more awe-inspiring to me is the knowledge that I’m actually being paid for doing work in the field I studied (both fields I’ve studied, actually).

No, the money’s still more impressive. I’m thankful for the working in my field thing, impressed at the fact that someone is paying me for it.