Two Nice Things
1. I deposited a check in my bank account today. A check that was sent to me by someone who published something I wrote. A check in the Middle Low Three Figures. As in, real money! As in, one really fancy or several quite nice dinners out! As in, three weeks of groceries! As in, more than half of my auto registration! As in, somebody paid me to write something!!! (Yeah, this is my biggest one yet–can you tell?) 
2. Green is currently #3,717 on the Amazon rankings, on its release day. *Somebody* is making even more than the Middle Low Three Figures for his writing…