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

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

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.

[megamole.livejournal.com]

I would like to buy the book because I'm interested in the subject and because I know you'll write about it in an interesting and compelling way.

If you can get me one for £35, that would be extra handy :)

(P.S. Want anything from America?)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

Well, it does sound rather interesting, and I'm all for supporting my friends who have become published,
on the basis that if *I* ever get published, etcetc.

*grin*

Seriously though, do you know when it's due for publication?

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a sensible and mutually beneificial policy!

On the Amazon page, it's saying October 2006, but I think that's over-optimistic now. They were assuming when they announced that that they'd have my manuscript about 6 months ago, so I presume it now needs to be knocked forwards by about that amount.