valarltd | My last words on the TQ thing

I've been very conflicted for the past week or so.

Torquere was the house that gave me my break.

They publish on time, and with set dates.

They pay on time and honestly.

These three things weight the scales very very heavily.

And my superego is saying, "Why are you making waves? You're getting published and paid. You know writers who would love to have that problem. Stop kicking! Just because you're incompetent at female social politics--as you have proved at the SCA, the library, numerous places on the net, etc etc--is no reason to give up steady work. And why do you think you'll be better anywhere else?"

And we're still tied to the press for at least 2 years until everything reverts.

As things stand, we have several more shorts forthcoming.
I have every confidence they will be treated as they would have been before this kerfuffle.
I have complete confidence I will be paid accurately and promptly for my work.
Because that is how professionals operate. And TQ has always been professional on that side of it.

The forthcoming:
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Racing the past
The Sounds toybox
Five-time Loser, the Five of Pentacles
Color of Magic Color of money: Emeralds
Crossroads (the Bareback Angels menage imprint)
Collar toybox (submitted)

Alive on the Inside will be undergoing harsh edits before being resubmitted anywhere. We should not have submitted it so prematurely, and so took the chance to pull it before it could escape.