It is Finished...

The BECB, that is. That's the big evolution/creation book, for those not up on the local slang. Finished the first draft last night. Very cool.

On the other hand, looks like I just lost my excuse for sporadic blogging...

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The BECB, that is.
In happier news, the BSB (that's the Big Sudoku Book) is now finished! Yay! It will take a while to turn it around into an actual book, so look for it next summer. Now it's time to get back to the BECB (the big evolution/creation book).
The BECB (the big evolution/creatio book) has been all-consuming lately. I've been struggling to meet my April 1 (no foolin!) deadline, which led me to spend virtually every waking moment last week either in the classroom, grading papers, or writing.
I am currently working on a section of the BECB (the big evoluition/creation book) in which I discuss some of the legal history of the issue.

Oops - forgot to say congratulations on finishing the BECB!

Jim

Congrats. You're an inspiration.

By Physicalist (not verified) on 07 Mar 2011 #permalink

Excellent! As first drafts go, roughly how long are you expecting the final book to be? Are we talking slim pamphlet or Neal Stephenson style saga?

Jim --

The Sudoku book is currently scheduled to come out around November. Oxford University Press releases e-editions of all their books, but I think the Sudoku book may not fare too well in that form. The book is very diagram heavy and has lots of original puzzles for solving.

Physicalist --

You're too kind. :)

Stephen --

Somewhere in between! The finished book will probably be in the 250-300 page range.

You've got me curious, Jason. Any previews?

Want more reviewers? I'll take a Kindle copy of BECB right now ;)

By NewEnglandBob (not verified) on 08 Mar 2011 #permalink

Cool looking forward to the BECB, will need to clear a few books I've had sitting around before it's released.

Congrats! Very much looking forward to reading it- and to more frequent blog posting ;)

I too am looking forward to reading it. I like e-books because I can carry it around with me and text search for topics or quotes (no... not to quote mine... well, not too much anyway).

Thanks! It will be a little while yet before the book actually appears. I'm first handing in the manuscript on May 1, and then it will take a while to turn it around. So we're looking at early 2012 as a publication date. Right now it's in the hands of various proofreaders.

Damn me to several of the christian's gods for not being a proofreader!