Either i finished a story and sent it off to the magazines , or i received a contract from one of those magazines , or a check came in the mail as payment for the story , or galley proofs arrived for me to correct , or the magazine itself appeared in the mailbox , or the manuscript was returned to me with a little note from the editor asking me if i would deign to write more for them 或者是我完成了故事把它們寄給雜志社,又或是收到某個雜志社的合同,或是隨電郵寄來的支票,或是畫廊寄來樣稿要我確認,或是郵筒里出現的有我作品的雜志,或是退回來的手稿,帶著編輯詢問我是否能屈尊為他們多寫一點的問詢。