Posthuman Blues

This evening I finally signed the official contract for my book, "After the Martian Apocalypse." It will be published by Paraview Pocket Books, a recent imprint of Simon & Schuster dedicated to weird phenomena, in early 2004. I'm getting paid for this, obviously, but to my surprise I'm also getting 50 free copies. (50 free copies was all I got "paid" for my first book, but that's small press for you...) And I get royalties, too. This is certainly a step in the right direction, and I'm excited.