When you get paid, it's real, right?

So, last year I submitted a story to a small press's dragon-themed anthology call.

A while later, I got a publishing agreement.

Earlier this year, I got the galley proof.

And yesterday, the money came through and the anthology went live on their site.

So... that means it's real now, doesn't it? I'm technically a paid and published author?

Thanks, people... still having trouble believing it.

It's this one ("Dragon Stories" for the curious): Great Tomes series, Volume of Dragons and Draconic Lore