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on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:46 pm
by mcanty
on new years eve to find my first royalty check! I rededicated myself to writing and producing about this time last year and I had only one goal for 2008... To have some success with writing no matter how small.And there in my mailbox I found, on the last day of the year, a royalty check from my publisher for $4.55.I emailed my publisher and asked him what he spent his half of the fortune on. I went to the McDonalds value menu with mine.But, I made my goal!!

Re: on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:02 pm
by ideascapes
Very cool! Too bad on the timing, though--that additional income will surely put you into the next tax bracket...V>

Re: on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:10 pm
by Casey H
Awesome!!! Congrats!!! My first check, a few years back, was for $7.45... My family got a color copy of it framed and it's hanging on the wall in my office... The frame probably cost 5 times what the check was for but it was worth it!It's not always about the money. Just to get to the point where you collect ANY royalty check is a huge accomplishment. Casey

Re: on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:22 pm
by cameron
You have made exactly $4.55 more than me!Cam

Re: on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:14 am
by devin
Jan 6, 2009, 10:22pm, cameron wrote:You have made exactly $4.55 more than me!CamAnd let's not talk about the investments required to not make that Cam!Good for you mcanty...that's awesome news!!!

Re: on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:03 am
by jwebbinspired
Congrats! That'll make for a great story somebody when American Songwriter is interviewing you someday.Andy

Re: on a positive note...I opened the mail.....

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:21 am
by momof4
hilarious...gotta love being a songwriter!