the editor liked it enough that he decided to submit it on behalf of Ed to an erotica publisher and it becomes so successful to the point he becomes a household name in the fishfucking circles
Lucius, not in the know: Huh, suddenly there's been a MUCH larger turnout in humans applying to be deckhands, wonder what's causing that
Ed: .....No idea sir.....
"Well, the royalties from this are enough to partly fund some of the less taxpayer-friendly ventures... Oskar, would you mind if I made a copy of the first few works?"
Ah the classic post-email/file-sending feeling of "Whatever higher powers there may be, please Do Not have the thing I just sent off be the very wrong/very inappropriate file with the filename that had it right next to the Actually Intended File", my least favourite recurring thing
I'm currently doing some camera-ready work which involves some back and forth with the journal editor and good lord the amount of anxiety I get when I click "Browse" and it opens the SaS folder
Okay massive props to you still, because I get massive anxiety with Anything involving cameras, even if they're not actually pointing at me
Put me in your situation and I think the stress would legit get me to pass out
Ed’s editor on the phone: “yeah hey Ed, yeah I got it here, look before you say anything you got first few chapters of this? Cause I know a guy in our novelette imprint…”
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The populace getting into fishfucking after being introduced to it by Ed's work
Ed: ...
Ed: .....No idea sir.....
Put me in your situation and I think the stress would legit get me to pass out