If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.
If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.
When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.
And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
I started one of the first online video companies way back in 2003.
Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.
Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'
I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.
Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site.
The first commercial routers came out about 1986, and services came in 1987.