Daily Archives: March 26, 2003
Contracts
Posted on March 26, 2003 8 Comments
Almost exactly three months after the agreement in principle, I’m looking at my contract with Tor books. The delay, incidentially, was not really due to slothfulness on the part of Tor; when I went out to New York at the tail end of January there was a contract ready, but I had a few clarifications […]
Link Notes
Posted on March 26, 2003
Long time readers of the Whatever will note that for the first time in a very long time, I’m including links on the page (links that are not part of an entry, that is). I’m intentionally keeping the number of links very low, for a couple of reasons. First, creating a list of links is […]
The New Whatever, Part II
Posted on March 26, 2003 2 Comments
Okay, here’s why I changed over to Movable Type. 1) It’s free. Although I suspect strongly I’ll be sending along some money to the people who created it, because why not. 2) My pal Bill offered to install it for me, thus allowing me to avoid (mostly) a show of my own total and irredeemable […]
The New Whatever
Posted on March 26, 2003 3 Comments
Hi there. Yes, I’ve made an executive site-editing decision to go with Movable Type. I’ll explain more in just a little while. But for now — welcome to the new digs. Adjust your bookmarks accordingly, and tell everyone you know to do the same. Update: Arrgh — as I am a complete incompetent, I’ve managed […]
Book is Here; Oscar Wrap-Up
Posted on March 26, 2003 2 Comments
First, a personal note: I got my advance copy of The Rough Guide to the Universe yesterday; you can see it modeled by my beautiful assistant just to the right of this text. Notwithstanding one minor flaw (there are a couple of places where metric units should be alongside more familiar imperial units like miles […]
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