The Pendulum has swung I waited, then waited, and waited even longer; then realized I had waited for too long for nothing to happen. The irony is what I waited for, in my heart, I knew would never come, but I lived in hope. I had wondered what would have happened had I been offered a genuine contract, knowing that is all it was a theory - if I am honest, I have no idea what would have happened. In 2012, when I won an award , even with the certificate in my hand it took weeks, if not months for me to accept I had earned the award. One thing did happen to me, I became more anxious about my writing , though readers wrote telling me I was getting better with each story; I couldn't help feeling more was expected of me now I had won the award, as the adage says "The higher you climb, the harder the fall." The non-payment of my royalties from Draft2Digital is no longer a mystery to me; the owner of D2D has added Mark Croker, the owner of Smashwords , a site known for not payi