Hello, everyone! I just went to check in and there was nowhere to check in, so I'm thinking JaneB must be even more sick than I am. If you follow her blog, you'll know she's been struggling. I'll post the writing group here this week. Apologies for the delay!
I'm borrowing this week's theme from Dame Eleanor Hull, who graciously stepped in to give everyone a place to check in. It's a continuation of last week's theme of happiness in writing. As DEH said, for those of you think happiness is too much to ask, "then think about comfort or contentment. Maybe you could make your desk more inviting, or associate writing with something more pleasurable, even something as simple as a good cup of coffee or tea in a mug of your favorite color. Try one small change in the direction of pleasure, and see what happens."
Roll call!
Amanda@ladyscientist: no check-in
Amstr (writing account): 2000 terrible words of Ch. 4; 500 words of conclusion; photocopy ILL and organize research for Ch. 4. (Bonus: type up some notes.) Exercise.
Bardiac: no goal set
Contigent Cassandra: continue making at least incremental progress, writing M, W, and perhaps Sa; do whatever research/retrieval is necessary to have the materials I need at home over Spring Break; keep up with the grading so as to be able to devote Spring Break to writing (and a bit of rest).
Dame Eleanor Hull: At least 1 hour a day; 10 lines of the IPM; start checking Chunk 2 of the translation (at least 1/2 hour, 3 times); check in at least once with MMP-1, MMP-2, and MMP-3, and try to do one concrete thing for each of them (this can be something as small as "write one sentence").
Danne: 1) write at least a page of notes a day. 2) Go on spending 3 hours a day on research 3) Read current book on space 4) If a positive answer is received from the new uni, schedule a day off for reading, and celebrate.
Elizabeth Anne Mitchell: Read Chapter Three of WYJA
emmawriting: no check-in
Good Enough Woman: The usual. Get up at 6:00am M and W so I can read/write for an hour (and run for 20 minutes) before the day gets rolling. Then work two hours on Friday. It's *possible* I'll have a hotel night on Thursday, but I'll have to see how the week rolls out.
heu mihi: I want to write on 3 days, make notes on a recently finished book, and start reading a related book.
humming42: finish and send in conference abstract/draft to panel chair
Jane B: one 30 minute session
Jason: no check-in
Jodi: 2,000 words (again) with 60 minutes a day MWF and 3 90 minute blocks on Thursday. Order ILL books to get here in time for spring break dissertation blast. Update cv.
kiwi2: revise polish intro
kiwimedievalist/zcat_abroad: no check-in
luolin88: 15 minutes Tuesday, just to get going again;
Matilda: 30 minutes Friday
meansomething: 1) Four 12-minute sessions 2) One book ms. submission
metheist: T/R write all day and MWF at least one hour
nwgirl: Finish revisions on one chapter.
Pilgrim/Heretic: 1,500 again, though it's going to be a challenging week
profacero (Z): Finish other application, finish abstract for conference, actually finish those 500 words or more.
Susan: no check-in
tracynicolrose: Submit TS paper (dependent upon co-author); revise LM paper for new submission; write abstract for Frameworks presentation; work on BE findings.
Zabeel: Section 3 of article.
Last week's goal:The usual. Get up at 6:00am M and W so I can read/write for an hour (and run for 20 minutes) before the day gets rolling. Then work two hours on Friday. It's *possible* I'll have a hotel night on Thursday, but I'll have to see how the week rolls out.
ReplyDeleteAccomplished: I got up Monday, but by Wed my cold has gotten worse, so I used the extra hour to sleep. I got in a couple of extra hours of work on Thursday night (coffee shop, not hotel) and on Friday. I also got in an extra hour of reading this morning (Sat). All in all, rather productive and more hours than usual.
Analysis: I've had a cold (and, yesterday, full blown laryngitis), but it hasn't been too debilitating, which is good. I've done a bit of good reading, so I feel like I can soon get past my stall and add to the draft (*fingers crossed*). I really need to get a clean draft ready in the next week or two to sent it off to my supervisor, whom I will see at a conference in April.
Next week: An early morning hour of reading M and W, two hours of writing on Friday.
Analysis: DEH's ideas hit home for me. I am not an early morning person, so in order to make my early mornings bearable, I start by making a cup of tea, and then I snuggle under a blanket in the study to read. Part of the pleasure is that I allow myself to focus on reading during this time, rather than writing. The idea of reading with a cup of tea is a better motivator to get me out of bed than "sit at the desk and write." I do often fantasize about tricking out the study as a perfect little retreat, but the reality is that I can't get too attached to the space because, at some point, my kids (a girl and a boy) will not be sharing a room, and one of them will take over the study. I'm hoping that doesn't happen until I finish the Ph.D! I love to fantasize about lovely work spaces and studies--a "room of one's own" and all of that.
Magazines and websites that show all the "perfect" studies and libraries are torture. I want a study with walls of built-ins, a cozy reading nook, and a giant desk.
DeleteOh goodness, I just realised! Thanks so much for picking up the reins! I basically sorted out cover for all my teaching duties on Thursday morning, went to bed, and really only just got up again (laryngitis on top of life. Let's just say OBEverything). Completely forgot writing group :-(
ReplyDeleteHope both you and Jodi feel better soon!
DeleteThis week’s goals were: finish other application, finish abstract for conference, actually finish those 500 words or more.
ReplyDeleteActual accomplishments were: continued work toward abstract for that conference and also continued work toward the 500 words. Useful research. The feeling that the project is really moving. Immersion; enjoyment.
Change in general plan is: the deadline for the conference turns out to be at the end of the month, not this week. So I did not miss it. I am going to see whether I can actually write a full draft of the paper itself by the time the abstract is due. At the same time I will work on the abstract. I want to send the abstract before the deadline, however. And after that there is a different conference deadline; I can send an abstract including whatever is not in the first one, to that one, in Spanish, and send the article to Revista Iberoamericana.
Goals for next week are: the abstract, the other application, the 500 words; state income tax, finally rejoin my two remaining professional associations for the year. Exercise; buy sandpaper and other materials for refurbishing the deck.
Analysis: My house was broken into this week and dealing with this is where some of my time and energy went. I also had a couple of teaching glitches — people think my classes are too hard (which I think is ridiculous) and this set off my C-PTSD or whatever it is I have. My academic trauma is about teaching and I would like to handle it better. I will just keep on being the professor.
I'm very sorry to hear about the break-in. But "yay" sense of immersion, movement, and enjoyment (sounds like swimming, actually!).
DeleteThat feeling that the project is moving is, indeed, tremendously important (and enjoyable), and tends to build on itself. Some of what you wrote about the whole business of "being the professor" over at your place rung true for me. I'm in a teaching-intensive position, and have always felt that teaching is important (both in a true-to-me way and in a "be a good girl" way), and feel I've gotten pretty good at it, *but* for me the pleasure in the enterprise comes primarily from interaction with ideas, and only secondarily from interaction with the people I'm trying help have and develop ideas (the students). I actually think that's one of several perfectly good mindsets from which a professor can approach hir work, but it's not, I think, the one that drives most of my colleagues, especially not my more teaching-oriented colleagues. And it definitely goes against gendered expectations. I haven't found the/a solution, but since you've got the option of putting more of your energy into research and writing (playing with your own ideas), while also being a competent, appropriately demanding, professor (though perhaps not the one the students rate most highly, at least not on the last day of class; I always wish someone would do follow-ups a few years down the road), I'd say "go for it." While I suppose it's possible to be truly "too hard" (e.g. if none of the students are getting any of the material of the class), "hard" teachers are often the ones from whom students learn the most.
DeleteSwimming, c'est bon!
Delete"for me the pleasure in the enterprise comes primarily from interaction with ideas, and only secondarily from interaction with the people I'm trying help have and develop ideas"
-- Yes. Teaching is actually great when it can be about the material. (I'm "hard" because I am not just about memorization. We are supposed to put power points online and then give multiple choice tests on their content. But I have reading, study questions, lecture, discussion, writing, etc., and I challenge received ideas, and it just is not fair.)
My last goals: At least 1 hour a day; 10 lines of the IPM; start checking Chunk 2 of the translation (at least 1/2 hour, 3 times); check in at least once with MMP-1, MMP-2, and MMP-3, and try to do one concrete thing for each of them (this can be something as small as “write one sentence”).
ReplyDeleteAchieved: One hour a day, mostly on MMP-1, and yesterday on a query about a piece of the translation that was not the scheduled bit to work on. No IPM, no other translation.
Analysis: I am finding it difficult to work on things that aren’t clearly part of my main project, perhaps partly because the “main project” has split into multiple pieces. I don’t like feeling that my attention is being scattered among too many things. It’s all right having multiple research projects in summer, when I don’t usually have to deal with teaching or service, but when I’m already juggling classes and committees, I like “research” to be one clearly defined thing. I am not sure what to do about this, because I do have these other things I need to do. The IPM really is related to MMP-1, so that should make it easier, but transcribing feels so different from writing that it’s hard to get started. I would continue to put the translation on one side, but the rest of the team is way ahead of me and my slowness is causing them some trouble, so somehow I need to continue to practice juggling till I can do a little better.
Next goals: Final revisions for the MMP-Companion (accepted last fall) and send it off. See how much progress I can make with MMP-1 and MMP-3 in a two-day writing retreat: writing half of MMP-1 and getting some topic sentences for MMP-3 would be good. Anything further is gravy. Schedule at least one hour each for the IPM and translation and show up for that work; build on that success if possible.
On being a happy writer: I have become aware of how affected I am by matters outside my control (winter, weather) and by other physical influences (trouble sleeping). When I am rested and there is sunlight, I feel like everything is easy and work is enjoyable. When I am tired, I feel like I am nearly buried in mud and everything seems difficult. The sleep disorder means that simple advice like “get more sleep” is not easy to put into practice. But it is useful to remember that I don’t find the work intrinsically difficult or unpleasant.
"Get more sleep" is the *worst* advice for someone with a sleep disorder. It infuriates me, almost as much as "Just get it done" about the dissertation enrages me.
DeleteWhen I was a grad student at InternationallyRenownedAncientUniversity, the Union sold a t-shirt which was very popular - it said in big, stressed out letters "don't ask me about my thesis!" And the student ecumenical Christian society had one which said: "All we need is faith, hope and chocolate cake" which was also popular with grad students (especially the lucky ones who got to spend time in the university's main library, and therefore congregate daily in its welcoming and affordable tea-room).
DeleteGoal for last week: continue making at least incremental progress, writing M, W, and perhaps Sa; do whatever research/retrieval is necessary to have the materials I need at home over Spring Break; keep up with the grading so as to be able to devote Spring Break to writing (and a bit of rest).
ReplyDeleteAchieved: Researched/retrieved/acquired necessary sources. Decided not to write, but instead to concentrate on grading so I could concentrate on writing next week (spring break). Did not in fact keep up with grading, and will need to do some grading next week.
Analysis: The approach of Spring Break seems to have made me aware of how tired I am (or made me tired, or something; I seem to have the work parallel to that phenomenon where you really, really need to go to the bathroom just when the possibility is very near; when a break approaches, I find myself slowing down and having difficulty getting stuff done rather than powering through so I can really have the time off. The predicted (but not, at least in my area, realized) snow threw things off a bit, too, though honestly it should have made more time available. Anyway, bottom line: I'm clearly in the tired-and-therefore-not-productive zone (and also slightly sick, though no more than a cold as far as I can tell), and the first priority needs to be rest, then writing/grading/other spring break tasks (taxes & related matters). Tomorrow (Sun.) will be busy, too, since there's a special event at church (we bring in a Biblical scholar from a seminary each Lent -- and they tend to be very good scholars by any measure, since my denomination takes all the same things we'd use to analyze a secular text into account when analyzing the Bible -- and this is the week). So, I'm planning to have a truly "off" day on Mon., work on Tues., take Weds. off, and, I hope, power on from there. I'm not 100% certain that will work, but I'm quite sure it will work better than telling myself I can take a break only after I finally get the papers graded (if past experience is any guide, that will lead to my spending most of the week not grading the papers, and not relaxing either). But I also really do need to power through a draft of this chapter, since the deadline is looming (on the other hand, I have two long train journeys scheduled for two weeks from now, and those are good writing -- or grading -- time, though I won't have all my sources with me). So,
Goal for next week: write Tu/Th/Sa mornings, trying to extend the draft by 500 words each day.
Small pleasures/comfort/contentment are, indeed, real boosts to productivity (and lack thereof can be a real drag). One of the things I've been struggling with the last few years is that I live in a one-room apartment, which I haven't gotten fully organized (and I can't escape from the disorganization into another room; in the past, living in larger spaces, I've been pretty good at compartmentalizing if not entirely eliminating chaos). I'm making some progress on getting things in better shape, and recognize that as another worthy activity/goal to be pursued when the opportunity presents itself (e.g. during breaks), but, however important it is, I don't really need another major goal right now -- and, given that we're headed into one of the two stretches of a month or three of decent weather my climate affords, and that air-conditioned spaces can be organized even during miserably hot weather, I think that walking should be a higher priority. And that is, in fact, a pleasure; I'm just not good at getting into the habit of getting up and going once I get out of that habit; also, the first few walks tend to leave me quite tired, though I know from past experience that I pick up stamina pretty quickly (though not quite as quickly as when I was younger).
The lure of a break is always a pitfall for me because of exactly what you said. I tend to start slacking off a bit, not always intentionally, but perhaps subconsciously because I know I'll have more free time during the break and then I don't get to enjoy the break. I did manage to power through this week, right up until struck down by this cold. I've had a sore throat and struggled to keep my voice for a couple of weeks, but this is more. My sinuses are a mess. I have a fever. My bones ache. Just in time for my writing break. Excellent.
DeleteOh, sympathy! The sinuses are particularly grim - I've got that problem too, and it keeps moving around to give you entirely new pain experiences. And even my hair and fingernails hurt at the end of last week, never mind bones, but it's settled back into just joints (and my usual lower back) so hopefully I am getting better, and you will too! Sending lots of good wishes and virtual hot tea with honey and lemon (and alcohol of choice if things are especially bad),
DeleteAmstr:
ReplyDeleteLast week's goals: 2000 terrible words of Ch. 4; 500 words of conclusion; photocopy ILL and organize research for Ch. 4. (Bonus: type up some notes.) Exercise.
Accomplished: 700+ words of conclusion; 300+ words of Ch. 4. Swam 2 days.
Analysis: Oh wow. Life feels insanely out of control. My husband was out of town for a rare work trip for the end of the week, we are in the midst of an insanely busy weekend, and we have five or six urgent landscaping decisions to make by Tuesday. Add the time change in, and . . . wow. Just wow.
BUT it felt good to be freed up to write terrible words. And I felt like I could actually write more given some distance from other pressing demands. Exercise really helped my outlook this week, though going back to swim workouts after 10 weeks off is a bit exhausting. I'm looking forward to a mostly more normal week next week. So same goals:
Next week's goals: 2000 terrible words of Ch. 4; 500 words of conclusion; photocopy ILL and organize research for Ch. 4. (Bonus: type up some notes.) Exercise.
Topic: This afternoon my daughter and I made slow-pour coffee and drank it sitting on the porch. And it was lovely. Just to be still, to be present, to be together. It reminded me of the first chapter of Paula Huston's The Holy Way, where her first assignment as an oblate pursing simplicity is to sit outside with a glass of wine each evening. It's a separate thing from pleasure in working, but I think making room for that kind of contentedness or stillness can make room for taking pleasure in words.
Last week’s goal: Revise the introduction and send to my co-authors.
ReplyDeleteAccomplished: Done.
Next goal: Finish the analysis of Paper Z. Two days work on the exotic synthesis.
Commentary: I am very happy to have got this done, as I had to do a lot of thinking to get the shape and logic of the intro in better shape, and find the right references to support a robust argument. It’s not yet sent to my co-authors though- I want to do one more quick read through as a final check. I don’t expect it will change much prior to submission now. Hence, this is one of my major goals for this writing group completed (rewrite Paper X). My problem now is what to do next. I have quite a few urgent pieces of non-writing group work clamouring for attention, including the exotic synthesis, but I also need to push on with my writing group goals. Hence, a compromise this week with goals.
I think I can be a happy writer when I don't have my attention pulled 100 different ways. Even as I write this, I have two different (loud) things going on in my immediate surroundings, including a child who can't wait five minutes for attention. I love being able to focus in a quiet space and think, that makes me happy.Also, when I CAN really think,and pull different threads and ideas together.
Kiwi2
Congratulations on getting the intro done!
Deletegoal: finish and send in conference abstract/draft
ReplyDeleteachieved: happily completed
analysis: Writing this draft and abstract was rare and wonderful time devoted entirely to writing. I have really been craving that deep thinking and creativity, and have had little pangs of envy for those who have managed their time effectively and prioritized writing. In thinking about being a happy writer, I realized I haven’t been writing; rather, I’ve been doing a lot of research-related paperwork. This week is, gratefully, spring break for me. My intention is to get caught up on all of my grading so that I can engage research and writing.
next week’s goal: prepare conference presentation, submit abstract for book chapter
Congrats on completing the goal!
DeleteLast week's goal: 2,000 words (again) with 60 minutes a day MWF and 3 90 minute blocks on Thursday. Order ILL books to get here in time for spring break dissertation blast. Update cv.
ReplyDeleteAchieved: Achieved the time goals except for Friday. Everything else was done except for the vital word count. I only wrote around 900 words. I spent too much time on Thursday getting ready for the week after spring break. Friday, because I canceled my class, I thought I'd have the whole day to write. Instead, I spent the day wandering between my bed and the couch and trying not to cough up a lung.
Next week's goal: ??? I don't know. I'd planned a burst of dissertation writing for spring break, but now I can't breathe or lift my head for very long, so...no goal? Try to live?
I'm going back to bed. This is too much. Very sorry for the lack of comments and cheer on my part, everyone!
Congratulations on 900 words, I think it is still excellent!
DeleteExcellent about the time goals. That is a real achievement. So is trying to live sometimes! kiwi2
ReplyDeleteThe blocks of time are working really well. I could only manage 60 minute blocks on MW because of student meetings and covering classes for another professor, but I did get the full 90 on Thursday. I think the amount of time is less important than the breaks that come afterward. I'm making the effort to take restful breaks, or at least helpful, when restful isn't possible, rather than getting sucked into the internet and losing hours of my life. And now it's time to lay down again. My hair hurts.
DeleteLast week’s goal: Read Chapter Three of Wendy Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article.
ReplyDeleteAccomplished: Done.
Analysis:I needed to deal with my demons, and re-reading WYJA was cathartic in the way I needed. I tend to be a spoiled brat about writing, because I would rather write about things that interest me, not things that will advance my career. However, since I am years away from retirement, I cannot have that luxury. I sometimes need to remind myself that most people do not enjoy each and every minute of the day, and that I am not a special snowflake.
The first medical test came back negative, so I am very happy about that. Now just to get through the rest of March!
Goal for next 2 weeks: I will be out of town from Wednesday through next Monday, moving far too many boxes of books far too great a distance. My goal is to read Chapter Five, and begin the literature review of the first article, hereafter Article B, spending at least thirty minutes a day.
Topic: Thinking about happiness or contentment made me think about some of the things that make the work easier, the colorful mug that Dame Eleanor mentioned, for example, or an uncluttered mind and space. I need order and quiet at least some of the time. Since having kids, I have managed to work at times I would have thought impossible, although I think I wrote better when I could have long periods of quiet and centering. I love the comfortable transition Good Enough Woman wrote about, waking with tea and reading.
Last week's goals: Submit TS paper (dependent upon co-author); revise LM paper for new submission; write abstract for Frameworks presentation; work on BE findings.
ReplyDeleteAccomplished: Wrote abstract for Frameworks presentation; revised BE findings
Analysis: While I got the TS paper back from my co-author and it is now completely formatted for submission, I realized I need to get signatures on the copyright form prior to submission for this journal so it will have to wait until next week. I didn't touch the LM paper but considering I've been traveling this weekend, overall I don't think it was a bad week.
Next week's goals: Submit TS paper; Revise LM paper for new submission; read for either Methods or BE paper
Whew... yet another week in which I ended up pounding out a few extra pages just to reach my goal, when I was sorely tempted not to!
ReplyDeleteI was aiming for 1,500 words, and succeeded. (Glow of accomplishment!) This week I'd like to reach a little higher and go for 2,000.
This isn't precisely on topic, but I was having a moment of really really wanting to take a day off and just lounge around and not care about reaching my goal, when I clicked over to my sister's blog post. It's about establishing "the routine of preparation and habit that lays down the path for the muse to follow to your doorstep. The more tended the path is, the easier it is for the muse to find you."
Yes, my sister rocks. So, you know, it's the same thing we keep re-discovering about the importance of writing a little every day, but it's a lesson I keep needing to learn, and I thought she put it particularly well.
Last week's goals.
ReplyDelete15 minutes Tuesday, just to get going again;
30 minutes Friday
What you achieved.
60 minutes on Wednesday, reading and taking notes.
15 minutes on Friday, doing the same
Analysis/comment of what worked and what didn't.
I checked on what my goals were on Wednesday, but I'd changed my goals from "30 minutes Friday" in my notes to "15 minutes Tuesday, just to get going again; 30 minutes Friday" when I posted (and then in the hustle to get this week's post up, my "30 minutes Friday" got listed as Matilda's goal). When I started reading on Wednesday, I felt like I was ahead of my goal rather than behind.
While getting some reading done, I alsodecided that I should probably let this project go and focus on getting out a revision of a ms that got rejected and needs proofreading and reformatting and resubmitting. It has been hanging over my head as something that "should" be quick and easy but that I haven't been able to do. "Writing a Journal Article in 12 Weeks" is hard to pull off given that my realistic weekly goals are under 60 minutes of work. Also, with time that limited, it's hard to juggle two projects, even when one is mostly fairly mechanical work. I'm hoping that I can finally get the ms revision done.
The coming week includes two days with the kid home from school and five days travelling, so any goal may be too optimistic.
Next week's goals.
15 minutes Monday and Tuesday.
Comments on the weekly topic
One of the reasons I ended up working so much at cafes had to do with a home office that didn't feel pleasant at all. I have been working on fixing that.
Last week's goals: I want to write on 3 days, make notes on a recently finished book, and start reading a related book.
ReplyDeleteAccomplished: I pretty much did these things, but the bar wasn't set very high.
Next week's goal: I need to switch projects this week (it's Spring Break) and work on my Kalamazoo paper. Ideally, I'll have a rough draft by next Sunday (realistically, I might have a few pages).
Last week's goals: 1) Four 12-minute sessions 2) One book ms. submission
ReplyDeleteAccomplished: One 12-minute session
Analysis: That was quite a week.
Next week's goals: Get the book submitted 2 places. Take a week off from writing goals. This is me being realistic.
Last week: 1) write at least a page of notes a day. 2) Go on spending 3 hours a day on research 3) Read current book on space 4) If a positive answer is received from the new uni, schedule a day off for reading, and celebrate.
ReplyDeleteAchieved: 1) Fri: 2. 2) Only 3 hours on Friday. 3) No way. 4) I received a positive answer and took a day off on Saturday but still need to celebrate.
Analysis: When I was finally getting where I needed to be psychologically in order to work productively, I caught gastric flu. I was ill all week and only worked on Friday. There's nothing I could have done about it. I did, however, read a couple of novels!
This week's goals: 1) write at least a page of notes a day. 2) Go on spending 3 hours a day on research 3) Read current book on space.
Commentary: I really need to get up early again and have breakfast at my desk, which makes the experience more pleasant. I'm trying to put in more hours but need to learn to value what I achieve more than I usually tend to.
OK, Kiwi2 made it over here from Z's, but metheist didn't, so I am taking it on myself to copy her comment here (call me a busybody):
ReplyDeletemetheist
10/03/2013 at 12:29
Last week’s goal: T/R 3hrs.
Achieved: I was able to work T and some on Fri.
Next’s week’s goal: It is Spring Break and I am going all out and aiming for 40 pages. That means writing my introduction and finishing chapter 4, and cleaning up my conference paper.
Analysis: I am optimistic about this coming week. I am aiming high, but I am OK as long as I make good progress. I need to get thoughts down on paper and start cleaning it up. Will I ever be a happy writer? I only hope to become more comfortable with my writing.
It was difficult writing this week because I had meetings all week, plus teaching. The hoopla with the TAs was this week. I was blindsided by all four of them. The gyst–I am still dealing with the poison that the TA from last semster spewed, and I didn’t stand a chance. Also, the TAs are frustrated that I am asking them to stick to the rubric that ALL of us came up with. It is OK, I think.
Goal: Section 3 of article
ReplyDeleteAchieved: some work on the article; a lot of work on final revisions of the book (see below).
Analysis: I had planned to take a week off from the book to clear my head before the final polish, but a number of things happened to convince me that this was actually not a terribly bright idea at this point in time: 1. The article needs more sustained thinking than I can give it atm; 2. I was getting rather anxious about all the things I have to do in April which I couldn't really start until the book m/s is submitted; 3. Someone whose views I respect greatly accused me (in another context) of cultivating avoidance tactics in my work, which got me thinking about how perhaps I should be challenging myself more. Hence, I decided that the way to deal with all these is just to *get the book done*. So I am.
Goal: Final draft of book finished, ready for final *final* read through next week.
Hello everyone,
ReplyDeleteI'm just dropping by to send in my greetings - I had originally signed up for the writing group after participating in the last round, but then found that I had a lot more on my plate than expected finishing book proofs and an index in January and never made it here or to Jane B's when the group started. I've now emerged from that proofing and indexing, and hopefully the book will be out later this year.
I have glanced at some previous weeks of the writing group and it seems like it's proved very productive and helpful again, so I'm sorry to have missed it, but hopefully there'll be an opportunity to participate in a future group.
Best wishes to you all, and good luck for the rest of the sessions.
John Spence
Hi John! Nice to see you again. Congratulations on finishing up your book!!
DeleteYes, congrats! It's great to hear when someone finishes up a project!
DeleteUpdate: I have applied to be a blogger for the Spanish American Historical Review. No that is not my field, but yes they want bloggers, and they actually pay an honorarium, $500/year. I would be a paid writer of sorts.
ReplyDeleteI just did this randomly but I like the idea more and more and I like that I am actually applying for this kind of thing.
I hope this works out for you. It sounds like a great way to blog!
ReplyDelete