In 2008 I had finally made it, a novel under contract.  Granted the contract was with a small publisher, but alas someone wanted a story I’d written.  Acting as both editor and publisher, the owner of the small house requested some changes and said it would be about a year before we went to press.  This gave me plenty of time to make some of the changes she wanted.  I say some, because after a few rounds of discussion concerning certain elements of the book, she said that I had to follow my…