New month, new thread.
Monthly goals:
- Write promo blurb for someone's book.
- Finish expanding my translator's introduction for the contracted manuscript.
- Generate a long abstract for a conference presentation.
- Start working on March's conference presentation.
Stretch:
- Finish up that straggling book chapter.
The stretch goal is pretty unlikely; it's a busy month, and I have less time than usual this semester.
Today, I'll work on the blurb and either the abstract or expanding the intro.
Wrote about 300 words, plus the blurb and an email to a publisher that I've put off for a bit. Whew.
Today, polishing up the blurb, starting on the conference abstract, and reading a new thing so I can continue expanding my intro.
Waiting for our newly-accepted paper to show up so that the DOI doesn't lead to a dead link.
February goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 02, 2024, 07:25:07 AMToday, polishing up the blurb, starting on the conference abstract, and reading a new thing so I can continue expanding my intro.
Sent the blurb, wrote ~400 words, and started on the abstract.
Won't have much time today, so will read a bit.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 03, 2024, 08:58:56 AMWon't have much time today, so will read a bit.
Read a bit, wrote about 500 words. Only 5900 left to go. Though I'm running out of obvious places to expand.
February Goals- Write some chapters of my book manuscript
- Work on book chapter due in June with colleague
Today on a train from one city to another I made more progress on reading sources for my book manuscript. I am not back to the U.S. until a week from now so I can hope to finish reading sources by the time I land with trains and long flights in the next week. Then I can get to writing since I will be more organized. The vacation is going well, though!
I only have the energy/will to read today.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 04, 2024, 03:35:16 PMI only have the energy/will to read today.
Did that, and let the emails pile up. Not that I want to deal with them tomorrow, but...
Waded through a pile of email crap this morning, which sucked up all my limited time. I had hoped to work on writing up the abstract, but I might just end up reading a bit instead, since I doubt I'll have two free hands.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 05, 2024, 11:55:15 AMWaded through a pile of email crap this morning, which sucked up all my limited time. I had hoped to work on writing up the abstract, but I might just end up reading a bit instead, since I doubt I'll have two free hands.
Well, I read quite a lot. And wrote about a third of the required abstract.
Should try to get the abstract done during my commute today.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 06, 2024, 06:57:01 AMShould try to get the abstract done during my commute today.
Did a version of it. It'll need polishing, but at least it exists. Also wrote 300 words.
Just commutework today. A bit more writing for the translation intro, I think.
I'm very tired, and otherwise frazzled, but I guess I need to re-read some stuff so I can polish up that abstract. I can then channel it back into the intro that needs to be longer.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 08, 2024, 03:50:11 PMI'm very tired, and otherwise frazzled, but I guess I need to re-read some stuff so I can polish up that abstract. I can then channel it back into the intro that needs to be longer.
Managed that, at least. Now I'm in position to finish the abstract and add a few hundred words to the intro. Hopefully tomorrow.
I'd like to fix the abstract today, and turn to other stuff.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 09, 2024, 09:46:09 AMI'd like to fix the abstract today, and turn to other stuff.
Ugh, I got proofs today, have to turn them in tomorrow, and they deleted a bunch of end notes. So I sorted most of that out, and did a few other small things. But did not make the progress I wanted to make.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
I did some work on paper #1 and book project #2 this week. I might try to do a little more this weekend, although I have some other service priorities that need my attention as well.
Have to try to clear the abstract today. And I should finish the proofs... then do all my course prep. Ugh.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 10, 2024, 10:16:28 AMHave to try to clear the abstract today. And I should finish the proofs... then do all my course prep. Ugh.
Well. I finished the abstract and the proofs. So that's something, at least.
I mostly need to prep Wednesday's course today. Will try to spend a little time expanding the intro too.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 11, 2024, 10:17:17 AMI mostly need to prep Wednesday's course today. Will try to spend a little time expanding the intro too.
Done, and spent my intro time correcting Latin. Which is annoying, because in the 18th century they (1) quoted from memory, which makes it hard to find stuff, and (2) did weird typographical crap, which means you have to correct it before you can look for the correct quote. I'm almost done hunting it all down, though I ended by giving up on a thorny one. On the plus side, all that correcting and correctly citing has added a few hundred words. Only 4800 words to go!
Mostly gotta spend my time today on teaching stuff, but I'll have a look and see what I can do translation-intro-wise, too.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
I did a bit more on book project #2 today - slowly chipping away at Chapter 2.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 12, 2024, 09:42:20 AMMostly gotta spend my time today on teaching stuff, but I'll have a look and see what I can do translation-intro-wise, too.
Finished fixing the Latin; the toughie from yesterday was a mashup of Cicero and Quintilian. Ugh.
Also wrote another 500 words.
Gonna do what little I can for the intro on my commute today.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
- Revise book chapter with colleague
I received comments from the editor for a book chapter - comments that my coauthor and I will have to address. So I'm adding this to the list.
In the meantime, I'm spending my little bit of spare time today on book project #2.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 13, 2024, 01:30:08 PMGonna do what little I can for the intro on my commute today.
Checked a couple things, added a couple hundred.
Another commute-and-intro day.
I've been back from my trip a few days and did finish reading all I needed to prepare on my computer on a return flight. Now I am gathering a few more sources and should be ready to dive into writing soon.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
- Revise book chapter with colleague
The universe conspired to prevent me from getting much work done today, but I did manage to spend a couple of hours reading over the book chapter and making some preliminary edits. It should be mostly painless to get it turned around. Even though this is the project that is lowest in value to me at the moment, I'll probably prioritize it just to get it off my plate.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 14, 2024, 09:09:52 AMAnother commute-and-intro day.
Managed to do some needed double-checking, but only added a couple hundred words.
If I have the energy, some translation intro work.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
- Revise book chapter with colleague
I did a little work on the book chapter today between teaching, class prep, and meetings. Shouldn't be a difficult turnaround at all, although seems like my colleague won't get to their part till March. I'll try to work on that a bit more this week and next, and then turn my attention back to book project #2 (unless something else emerges to take up my attention).
I also received an article acceptance today, which put me in a nice mood this morning.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 15, 2024, 02:18:29 PMIf I have the energy, some translation intro work.
About 850 words added, to finish up a tricky new bit. Also found a way to easily add a few hundred more tomorrow.
Today I'll exploit my shortcut to a few hundred more words.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 16, 2024, 09:32:26 AMToday I'll exploit my shortcut to a few hundred more words.
Well, that added 600. Only 2700 more to go. It'd be nice if I could think of another shortcut or two.
In theory it's our spring break. Guess I'll start prepping for the return, and try to figure out where the next few thousand Intro words will come from.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 17, 2024, 01:53:23 PMIn theory it's our spring break. Guess I'll start prepping for the return, and try to figure out where the next few thousand Intro words will come from.
Guess I have some small ideas. Fixed some stuff, too.
Today will be a disrupted day, so... I dunno. Maybe more of yesterday's progress.
Hmm. I suppose I'll have a go at inserting more words. And I should start on my grading pile.
I did a lot of reading over the weekend for book writing prep. I also requested a book in which I have the first edition from the 1990s and could benefit from the third edition in the 2010s. While I wait for the library to get back to me, I am about ready with sources organized by chapter that I need in my outline. I also have had some of the case study contributors send me their cases for minor edits, which is exciting. I have five months give or take to get this manuscript written which is frightening!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 19, 2024, 10:17:22 AMHmm. I suppose I'll have a go at inserting more words. And I should start on my grading pile.
Found it in me to write 850 words. Only about 1800 left to go!
Made a (wholly) nominal start on the marking.
The hatchling was up at three, so I expect today is a write-off.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 20, 2024, 06:47:10 AMThe hatchling was up at three, so I expect today is a write-off.
Managed to edit a thing for my side-gig, and wrote ~750 words. Only a thousand left to go! At this point, the intro is as long as the book it's introducing. But what the publisher wants, the publisher gets.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
- Revise book chapter with colleague
I finished a draft of chapter two for book project #2 today.
Tomorrow I should focus on the book chapter with colleague that we're contributing to an edited volume, if I can muster the will to do so. If I can't bear to do that, then there are a few other tasks I could turn to instead.
Today, just a bit of grading, reading for intro additions, and reading a paper I'm refereeing (it looks good so far).
This was another 3 a.m. kind of morning, though, so who knows.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 21, 2024, 08:12:27 AMToday, just a bit of grading, reading for intro additions, and reading a paper I'm refereeing (it looks good so far).
This was another 3 a.m. kind of morning, though, so who knows.
No graading, but did the rest and added 300 words to the intro.
Kwell, today I actually have to shelve the other stuff in favour of grading. Alas.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 22, 2024, 08:50:59 AMKwell, today I actually have to shelve the other stuff in favour of grading. Alas.
Made a dent, and managed a little bit of translation intro tinkering. Somehow, there are only 600 more words to go.
Annoyingly, there's an IRB meeting today. So I'll accomplish that, and hopefully a tiny bit of grading.
I got the last book from the library I need as background for writing my book, so hopefully I will have that read and can get rolling next week on writing!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 23, 2024, 08:24:50 AMAnnoyingly, there's an IRB meeting today. So I'll accomplish that, and hopefully a tiny bit of grading.
Almost done with one class' worth of grading. Did a spot of reading for the intro; I think I've found what I need for my last 600 words, although, annoyingly, I think there's an additional longer section I might need to write.
Today, I'll finish that grading.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 24, 2024, 07:35:20 AMToday, I'll finish that grading.
Got that pile done, started on more.
Need to prep for a lecture this week. Then I guess I can read over a thing.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 25, 2024, 08:48:26 AMNeed to prep for a lecture this week. Then I guess I can read over a thing.
Just about managed that.
I should get to work writing my referee report, then I have some class reading to finish, along with some reading for my second translation project.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
- Revise book chapter with colleague
Working on paper #1 today and tomorrow.
Quote from: darkstarrynight on February 23, 2024, 02:10:11 PMI got the last book from the library I need as background for writing my book, so hopefully I will have that read and can get rolling next week on writing!
Argh, the library had given me the wrong edition of the book and I did not notice until I was typing up notes from it. I just re-requested the most recent version so I can cite the latest edition as a source. Nevertheless, I plunged into expanding the first chapter of the book manuscript. I forgot to track how many words I added but it is certainly "getting there" so I am happy! I also stumbled across a dissertation from 2023 that may be of interest. I blocked out time to work on the book manuscript every day so I hope to get into a groove and make reasonable progress!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 26, 2024, 09:26:32 AMI should get to work writing my referee report, then I have some class reading to finish, along with some reading for my second translation project.
Wrote and submitted the report, but was interrupted before I could quite finish the reading I wanted to get done.
I'll finish that reading on the commute, and start plugging in my last 600 words.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 27, 2024, 07:59:57 AMI'll finish that reading on the commute, and start plugging in my last 600 words.
Finished and started.
Trying to rustle up some words on my commute.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on February 02, 2024, 03:28:52 PMFebruary goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleagues - should be submittable soon
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleague - R&R, ball is in colleague's court
- Make progress on book project #1
- Make progress on book project #2 with colleague
- Revise book chapter with colleague
I should really work on the book chapter with colleague, which is due back to the editor in mid-March, but I just can't bring myself to open up the dataset and start fiddling with it.
My other projects are in limbo (either under review or on coauthors' desks) and I'm feeling pretty disinterested in general at the moment, so I may just focus on some service and grading tasks for the next few days, then try to come back to research next week.
If anything, I may start tinkering with book project #1 again - getting an new chapter in motion.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 28, 2024, 10:46:07 AMTrying to rustle up some words on my commute.
Rustled up 900 of them. I'm basically done, unless I decide to comb over the translation one last time to make sure I didn't overegg anything.
I also got a rejection with no comments and sent that paper back out again.
I want to check up on a thing I may have missed for the translation intro. Then... I dunno. Something else.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 29, 2024, 06:34:02 AMI want to check up on a thing I may have missed for the translation intro. Then... I dunno. Something else.
Checked and rejected, did some spot-checking and reading.
Report:
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 01, 2024, 07:51:51 AMMonthly goals:
Write promo blurb for someone's book.Finish expanding my translator's introduction for the contracted manuscript.Generate a long abstract for a conference presentation.
- Start working on March's conference presentation.
Stretch:
- Finish up that straggling book chapter.
That's fine (especially since I had to generate 10k additional words for my intro) . I also refereed a paper, sent a couple back out, and proofed another. That's acceptable progress.[/list]