We've all faced them before and most of us will face them again. Some of us love them, some of us hate them, and some of us are eternally torn. But one thing's for certain: anyone planning on being a writer (especially a comics writer) is going to face a career full of them.

They're DEADLINES. As in, "Cross this line and you're dead."

Discover "The Agony and Ecstasy of Deadlines" in this all-new, all-different installment of Caleb Monroe's Making Good!

Are you one of the 5,000+ people who entered the Shadowline Who Wants to Create a Super-Heroine Contest and didn't make the Top 10?

Elton Pruitt (aka the Ecto) is, and he's here with the perfect cure for what ails you: a completely sincere little pep talk.

Delight in his failure to crack the Top 10 – and hopefully even get a little inspired yourself – by reading “Shiny Happy Column,” this week in Running Up That Hill.