Under the terms of the contract, the materials do belong to the
publisher and work will continue on the book--just with an
author they have more confidence in being able to crank it
out.

In a way it is a relief. I have been trying to work on the book
as well as struggle with finding work in the wake of the dot-bomb
situations. Fortunately some old colleagues and I have formed
a new company developing games for connected handheld devices--
currently that means cell phones, but could go into connected PDAs
in the future. Losing the book actually gives me more time to focus
on this venture.

I'll still be here on the list, and will still be doing some stuff on the
GBA, but I've lost the pressures of having deadlines I can't meet.

- John