[Doc Faustus]

Since my book is royalty only, the story I recently sold was actually the first paid sale I made. I opened up my email and found five British pounds had been Paypal-ed to me. My reaction was oddly childlike. "Nine dollars! Score! I'm going to buy candy!" instead of "the retail value of this magazine is 20 dollars. Were I not being comped too copies, I would not have been able to purchase one with my fee." So, in a way, it was 49 dollars for half an hour's work, which ain't bad. I'm pretty happy about it. But my girlfriend says nine dollars worth of candy is way the hell too much candy. I'm kind of inclined to agree.