http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-17122 A New Addition to the Family – Russia Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:40:40 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-17122 [...] new enough to this whole professional writer thing that everything is still fresh and new.  Foreign contracts are still interesting to me. I get an envelope in the mail and think, “Yay! I get to read an 8 page contract [...] [...] new enough to this whole professional writer thing that everything is still fresh and new.  Foreign contracts are still interesting to me. I get an envelope in the mail and think, “Yay! I get to read an 8 page contract [...]

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3585 Sean T. M. Stiennon Tue, 15 May 2007 03:38:23 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3585 That grass is what you would call a "cash crop".</></>Hee hee hee.... That grass is what you would call a “cash crop”.Hee hee hee….

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3586 noblehobo Mon, 14 May 2007 21:19:19 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3586 ah, plenty of us whiled our days away, looking for pieces of our heart, lost in a forest that looked the same...</></>and the same...</></>and the same...</></>and the same...</></>and the same... ah, plenty of us whiled our days away, looking for pieces of our heart, lost in a forest that looked the same…and the same…and the same…and the same…and the same…

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3587 Anonymous Mon, 14 May 2007 15:47:13 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3587 I'd be nervous paying off debt with an advance; you still have to earn it out right? The bow idea is definitely the way to go, especially if you know an elf who'll fork over good money for a used one. I’d be nervous paying off debt with an advance; you still have to earn it out right? The bow idea is definitely the way to go, especially if you know an elf who’ll fork over good money for a used one.

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 Dan Sun, 13 May 2007 20:29:03 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3588 Actually, a testicle clause is fairly common in contracts. It always pays to read the fine print.</></>I hope you get enough rupees that you need to find the big wallet to hold them all. Actually, a testicle clause is fairly common in contracts. It always pays to read the fine print.I hope you get enough rupees that you need to find the big wallet to hold them all.

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3589 Sean T. M. Stiennon Sun, 13 May 2007 18:08:35 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3589 And then everyone will know you simply as..."Thief". Until the Wind Fish wakes up, that is.</></>Man, in the old days, you had to save up 800, maybe 900 rupees for the bow. Now you just find it lying around in some chest. And then everyone will know you simply as…”Thief”. Until the Wind Fish wakes up, that is.Man, in the old days, you had to save up 800, maybe 900 rupees for the bow. Now you just find it lying around in some chest.

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3590 Danny Sun, 13 May 2007 16:02:53 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3590 <>Buying<> anything is silly. The trick is just to pick it up and run around the shopkeeper in circles until you can sneak out the door. He'll kill you next time you enter, though. <>Buying<> anything is silly. The trick is just to pick it up and run around the shopkeeper in circles until you can sneak out the door. He’ll kill you next time you enter, though.

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 Pat Sun, 13 May 2007 05:43:45 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3591 I'm so glad someone got my geeky little joke.... I’m so glad someone got my geeky little joke….

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3592 Anonymous Sun, 13 May 2007 03:04:41 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3592 omigosh...i'v always wondered why in the world authors publish... it's to fund the war against ganondorf omigosh…i’v always wondered why in the world authors publish… it’s to fund the war against ganondorf

]]> http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2007/05/3-2-1-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-3593 Josie Sun, 13 May 2007 03:03:08 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=20#comment-3593 I'm glad that your book is being translated into other languages, but tycho's comment is a little disturbing. However, if your book sells diddly in Russia, you have the excellent excuse that your translator did a crappy job. But you'll still have diddly in the end.</></>On the other hand, I think they might should sell copies over there in English. I've heard that the European countries like have more advanced language programs, so I'll bet that there are a lot more Russians that know English than Americans that know Russian. So maybe you won't end up with diddly after all. I’m glad that your book is being translated into other languages, but tycho’s comment is a little disturbing. However, if your book sells diddly in Russia, you have the excellent excuse that your translator did a crappy job. But you’ll still have diddly in the end.On the other hand, I think they might should sell copies over there in English. I’ve heard that the European countries like have more advanced language programs, so I’ll bet that there are a lot more Russians that know English than Americans that know Russian. So maybe you won’t end up with diddly after all.

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