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#summerofwriting Week… 12?: Bad Blogger, Good Writer
Hello. Hello! I know I am the worst at remembering to blog. But for once, I wasn’t avoiding blogging because I felt guilty about not writing. I was… wait for it… actually writing. Actually, actually writing. Here were the original goals for the summer: Finish the book manuscript. Write a promised book chapter. Write two conference […]
Hello. Hello! I know I am the worst at remembering to blog. But for once, I wasn’t avoiding blogging because I felt guilty about not writing. I was… wait for it… actually writing. Actually, actually writing. Here were the original goals for the summer: Finish the book manuscript. Write a promised book chapter. Write two conference […]
This week, I wrote a lot. In fact, I wrote my two papers for Congress (and their attendant Keynote presentations); at 3000-odd words each, that’s 6000 words of productive academic prose this week. Finally covering some ground! I also blogged this and this and this and this. I’m away for the next two week, first […]
I really want to post about ALL THE WRITING I did this week, but I can’t. Because I got distracted. First, I jumped head-first into a proposal for a new project at work. I don’t regret this, because I think it’s a really good project, but still — that was, all in, about 2000 non-writing-related […]
I seem to only resurrect this blog when I need public accountability about my writing, and then I hide from it the rest of the time… Hmm… So today is May 1, and that’s the launch of my #summerofwriting. This is the first summer in a while that I’m not leading a field school to […]
Just 844 words — an article review I had promised to do for today. Baby steps, babies. Baby steps. So, you know, I only have to write 10,000 words tomorrow to meet my goal. Hahahahaahahaaha. But! Guess what I realized? My first goal? To write 500 words per day? That one I met! Even if […]
I’ve had a really good day, just me and my MacBook and my Spider-Man snuggie. This is what grown up people look like when they work, right? And though I’ve had two good days — maybe because I’ve had two good days — I’m flipping tired, man. This is what I have to say about […]
How do other people manage the grading bonanza that is November alongside #AcWriMo? Cuz I think I’m failing! There has been writing in these here hills, but not enough of it, really. So there’s been: 571 words to a CFP that looked so amazing I couldn’t pass it up, even though I haha so do […]
A short post, today, just really to update the word count. I hit my goal, but only barely, and am now very sleepy.
I AM THE BEST AT EVERYTHING. Ok, well, first I was the worst at everything for like six days, but THEN I RALLIED which is ALL THAT MATTERS. Oh man such a bad writing week. In that, like, I didn’t manage to do anything. (Not fully true. I went to see Joe Sacco speak with […]
Today’s goal was to finish my portion — or at least the heavy lifting of my portion — of a collaborative article I’ve been working on with a colleague. 556 words later and I think I’m there. There will me more to add, finesse, tweak, and change once we’ve met and combined all the portions, […]
tales of life in the teaching lane
I'm a doctor, but, like, not that kind of doctor. I'm a recent PhD (Canadian Literature) starting my first teaching job in a brand new city on the other side of a really large country. I study pop culture, September 11th, gender stuff, and contemporary American and Canadian fiction. My major scholarly passion, though, is the pedagogy of undergraduate literature and composition. In real life, I like terrible television, Dr. Drew, Nintendo, avoiding exercise, and cooking elaborately. I'm married and I have two cats who completely run the show. My favourite isms include femin-, athe-, human-, patriot-, and popul-.
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