Finished.

[strange_complex]

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? ;)

Comments

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

And did you manage to watch Doctor Who as well?

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! In fact, I used Doctor Who as an incentive to get the last bit done. It was really all-but-finished at 6:45, which was the latest time I knew I'd be able to leave the house, buy duck and white wine, and get back for 7:15. I knew I'd need to re-read the last few paragraphs to be really sure it was as I wanted it, and indeed I did add in a few more sentences after Who. But, basically, I was able to relax and enjoy the episode in the knowledge that I'd finished at last.

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! :)

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

duck and white wine

A well-deserved reward!