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strange_complexOh. 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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Date: Saturday, 22 April 2006 21:28 (UTC)I've looked at the link.Out in October? And is that the price £51.69?
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Date: Saturday, 22 April 2006 21:41 (UTC)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