ODETTE CALLED. writing fast.

saved Mar 24, 2026 11:50date Mar 24, 2026

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ODETTE CALLED. writing fast. Pilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their second ever, and she wants me to illustrate it. whole thing. 32 pages. - title: Grandfather Heron Counts the Ice. author Liesl Aamodt, retired teacher from up north, first book - it's about a girl and her grandfather who watch a lake every spring for the day the ice goes out. he keeps a notebook of the dates. there's a heron that comes back the same week every year - (I said "my grandfather counted things" out loud, on a work call, and she was quiet and then said "I know. I read your zine. that's why I'm calling you.") - fee: 8,500. three payments: 2,500 on signing, 3,000 when sketches are approved, 3,000 on final art - plus a royalty after the first printing sells, she'll put the number in the contract - schedule: sketches mid-june, final art nov 20, book out fall 2027 - she knows I haven't done a book. "you've done eleven things for me and been late on none" - contract coming tomorrow. she said take it to someone before signing. I'm taking it to Sam I said yes on the phone and then said "I mean, I'd like to see the contract" and she laughed

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Date	2026-03-24 11:50

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Odette Marchetti

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June

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Sam Haddad

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Why it exists

Story, 2026-03-01: March 2026, the month with the arc. A client is six weeks late with $1,800, the alternator dies, Miso swallows a hair tie, the rent goes up. Then the invoice is paid and Pilcrow & Pine offers him his first picture book.

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q021 Summarise March 2026 for me. What happened? q029 when's the heron book due and what do they still owe me q038 what royalty do I get on the heron book

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 "body": "ODETTE CALLED. writing fast.\nPilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their second ever, and she wants me to illustrate it. whole thing. 32 pages.\n- title: Grandfather Heron Counts the Ice. author Liesl Aamodt, retired teacher from up north, first book\n- it's about a girl and her grandfather who watch a lake every spring for the day the ice goes out. he keeps a notebook of the dates. there's a heron that comes back the same week every year\n- (I said \"my grandfather counted things\" out loud, on a work call, and she was quiet and then said \"I know. I read your zine. that's why I'm calling you.\")\n- fee: 8,500. three payments: 2,500 on signing, 3,000 when sketches are approved, 3,000 on final art\n- plus a royalty after the first printing sells, she'll put the number in the contract\n- schedule: sketches mid-june, final art nov 20, book out fall 2027\n- she knows I haven't done a book. \"you've done eleven things for me and been late on none\"\n- contract coming tomorrow. she said take it to someone before signing. I'm taking it to Sam\nI said yes on the phone and then said \"I mean, I'd like to see the contract\" and she laughed\n"
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personas/young-renter/records/notes-2026.yaml:292

- id: note-pilcrow-book-call
  kind: note
  about: odette
  date: 2026-03-24 11:50
  body: |
    ODETTE CALLED. writing fast.
    Pilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their second ever, and she wants me to illustrate it. whole thing. 32 pages.
    - title: Grandfather Heron Counts the Ice. author Liesl Aamodt, retired teacher from up north, first book
    - it's about a girl and her grandfather who watch a lake every spring for the day the ice goes out. he keeps a notebook of the dates. there's a heron that comes back the same week every year
    - (I said "my grandfather counted things" out loud, on a work call, and she was quiet and then said "I know. I read your zine. that's why I'm calling you.")
    - fee: 8,500. three payments: 2,500 on signing, 3,000 when sketches are approved, 3,000 on final art
    - plus a royalty after the first printing sells, she'll put the number in the contract
    - schedule: sketches mid-june, final art nov 20, book out fall 2027
    - she knows I haven't done a book. "you've done eleven things for me and been late on none"
    - contract coming tomorrow. she said take it to someone before signing. I'm taking it to Sam
    I said yes on the phone and then said "I mean, I'd like to see the contract" and she laughed