Finished.
- Apr. 22nd, 2006 at 9:13 PM
Oh. My. God.
I have written a book.
*checks*
No, I definitely have. There it is.
WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
This is certainly turning out to be an incredible year for me.
I can tell that I've written a book, not just because I've got to the end. But because I really feel that I've said everything I have to say about Roman suburbs. That's it now. There's nothing more to add. It's all in the book. And, bar a few final tasks, and perhaps the odd extra word chopped out here and there, it's ready to go out to the world.
The first sentence reads thus:
"A Roman city, like a text, a vase or a statue, is an artefact of the society which produced it."
and the last one thus:
"Thus it is in their use of the urban periphery as a place for constructing monumental public buildings that the relationship with Rome can best be traced."
If you want to find out what happens in between, you'd better join the queue to buy a copy, hadn't you? ;)

I have written a book.
*checks*
No, I definitely have. There it is.
WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
This is certainly turning out to be an incredible year for me.
I can tell that I've written a book, not just because I've got to the end. But because I really feel that I've said everything I have to say about Roman suburbs. That's it now. There's nothing more to add. It's all in the book. And, bar a few final tasks, and perhaps the odd extra word chopped out here and there, it's ready to go out to the world.
The first sentence reads thus:
"A Roman city, like a text, a vase or a statue, is an artefact of the society which produced it."
and the last one thus:
"Thus it is in their use of the urban periphery as a place for constructing monumental public buildings that the relationship with Rome can best be traced."
If you want to find out what happens in between, you'd better join the queue to buy a copy, hadn't you? ;)

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And did you manage to watch Doctor Who as well?
Oh, and I can't tell you how thrilled I was by the bit in the trailer where they found K-9! Roll on next Saturday! :)
You have, I take it, got suitable chocolate? :-)
Wish I was there to help you celebrate :)
Your celebratory assistance would indeed be very welcome. But I'm sure a delayed celebration will be just as enjoyable. :)
I shall be recommending it to my sister ;-)
It will, of course, be appearing on the lecture list for my own course on Roman cities next year! I would personally recommend it to students everywhere. ;)
Do we get a discount?
:-)
Re discounts, don't quote me on this, because I haven't read through all the relevant documentation properly yet to check where I stand. But I think I am able to purchase books from Routledge at a 30% discount once I become one of their published authors. And that should mean people can actually buy the book at a discounted price through me if they want to. Still £35, I'm afraid, but that's academic books for you... :(
My stance is that no-one should feel in the least bit obliged to buy the book just because they know me. But, y'know - if they'd like to, that would be great, and if I can help out by arranging a discount for them, I'm more than willing to do so.
I've looked at the link.Out in October? And is that the price £51.69?
I think the October date is probably a bit over-optimistic now, as they were originally assuming they'd have my manuscript 6 months ago. Early 2007 is more likely.
As for the price, yes, I'm afraid so. :( It's sad for me, because obviously I'd like my book to be accessible to a much wider range of people than that will make it. But that's what academic book prices are like. They know not that many people will want to buy the book at all, so they just sell a few copies at a high price.
However, as explained in my comment to
Wow... just wow!
When I buy my copy I'll have to insist that you autograph it, of course :P
And indeed - autographs for all!
Congratulations and hugs!
(raises glass)
(I'm reading a book about Mithridates at the moment...)
I'm afraid Mithridates doesn't feature in my book even once. But that's OK, 'cos you'll already know all about him by the time you read mine!
As for American things - nothing particular I can think of, but thanks for the offer.