Countrygirl. Way to go. Sorry for the inconvenience but obviously someone is noticing you. And monetary gain (or lack of it is not the way we necessarily monitor our success); that part WILL happen, it is a natural, since you are doing what you love.

The copyright creeps will always exist; and what makes me mad (when they occasionally attack me, or fellow cartoonists, which happen daily) is they truly erode the Constitution (and I'm not making it up); look up the Fair Use Act on the Library Of Congresses page.

If they only knew what their greed and paranoia does to undermine what makes American VERY different from other countries (I still don't think they'd give a rat's a**) as long as they think they might make a few shekels and keep a hard worker like you from staying in the race.

But you are still in the race, so keep on keepin' on. They can
throw up obstacles but they can't stop your very strong momentum.