You know what to do.
November:
- Complete and submit solo translation project.
- Translate a small chunk for the next co-translated project.
Stretch:
- Complete and submit another nearly-complete paper.
- Make a start on a fresh book chapter.
Today, I'll do a bit on the solo project and I have page proofs to look at for a book review, and some contract stuff to look over.
November goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
I am excited that I am actually on-time to participate in a monthly thread for once. I don't seem to have as much going on as you guys.
Main goal: Complete rough draft of Article #1.
Secondary goal: Complete abstracts of Article #2 and #3.
Tertiary goal: Find out wtf is going on with Article #0 (#0 because it was submitted prior to my new job) and Review #0.
Try not to think about book manuscript feedback potentially being terrible.
Before I list my November goals, I had an epic few days so I must share:
I got an acceptance on the revised manuscript with my friend on the fun commentary piece and it will come out before the end of the year!
I submitted the chapter revision yesterday.
I presented on my book topics to another institution today which was invited.
Our grant team submitted our proposal today!
November Goals- Hopefully get revise decision on chapter with spouse so we can get our first publication together
- Get writing on the book manuscript, at least finish chapter 1 by the end of the month.
- Revisit rejected manuscript with former student and update to submit to target journal
Fingers crossed for you, permanent imposter!
Congratulations darkstarrynight! Well done!
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 01, 2023, 09:24:24 AMToday, I'll do a bit on the solo project and I have page proofs to look at for a book review, and some contract stuff to look over.
Last figure written up, two other figures fixed up for a total of ~1200 words today. Also proofed the review and signed the contract stuff.
Today, it's mostly pruning and smoothing of the intro. I'll have to decide whether a couple other issues merit sections--probably not, at this stage. I can always add them later.
Then I should mark this pile of AI essays.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 02, 2023, 09:14:43 AMToday, it's mostly pruning and smoothing of the intro. I'll have to decide whether a couple other issues merit sections--probably not, at this stage. I can always add them later.
Then I should mark this pile of AI essays.
All done fiddling with the translation, and the proposal is nearly ready.
Not too much time today, so I'll just work on the proposal.
Yesterday I had my "casual research conversation" about my sabbatical project to my college colleagues. The turnout was pretty good and it was fun to talk about my work. The library folks who helped me also came and answered some questions about the support and technology they provided me.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
I made some great progress on paper #1 over the last few days. I sent it to my coauthor today and I am cautiously optimistic that we will get it out the door sooner than later (not going to set myself up for disappointment by saying that we submit it this month, but maybe by the end of the year if I can get my often cautious coauthor to agree).
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 03, 2023, 08:14:29 AMNot too much time today, so I'll just work on the proposal.
Done. Will send it tomorrow!
I'll send the proposal today, but don't anticipate being able to do much else.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 04, 2023, 10:46:09 AMI'll send the proposal today, but don't anticipate being able to do much else.
Did that. Got the acceptance email for a paper that was previously conditionally accepted, so that's nice.
Lots of marking today, but I'll start work on translating a chunk of Translated Book 3 I took from my co-translator.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 05, 2023, 07:32:05 AMLots of marking today, but I'll start work on translating a chunk of Translated Book 3 I took from my co-translator.
Managed a bit, but was once again royally sabotaged. I feel like I haven't had my full, blocked off twice-a-week three-hour work period in, like, at least a month. Ugh.
Today I'll translate a couple of pages from that chunk, then mark papers.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 06, 2023, 07:31:17 AMToday I'll translate a couple of pages from that chunk, then mark papers.
Did that. Not enough marking, but there's only so much I have time to do.
More of the same today: a small bit of translation, a lot of marking.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 07, 2023, 09:14:22 AMMore of the same today: a small bit of translation, a lot of marking.
Also managed to read two articles.
Quick bit of translating (very close to done--should finish tomorrow), lots more grading.
Spouse and I got a revise decision on our chapter. I find the reviewer's comments to be frustrating and the editor did not write anything besides that we need to revise the chapter for consideration. The reviewer seems out of touch with the book's topic and chapter requirements, so I am being a little defensive in my responses. The reviewer complained our writing was easy to read so it is not scholarly (I did not know we had to make it painful to read to qualify as academic writing). The reviewer snarked about our formatting and citation style (of which I am an expert and lead workshops on this, and there is nothing wrong with it in the manuscript). Also, the editor said the revision is due "11/31" which is a date that does not exist. AHHHHHHH! /end rant
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
I've made pretty good progress this week on the book chapter. We have a direction and the data analysis is looking good enough. I spent the morning filling in my parts of the text and should be ready to hand it on to my coauthor by tomorrow afternoon/evening. In the meantime, teaching duty calls...
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 08, 2023, 08:26:25 AMQuick bit of translating (very close to done--should finish tomorrow), lots more grading.
Finished all my marking!
I also finished translating that chunk I took over from my friend, although I'll take a couple of days to check it over and furnish the notes.
Quote from: darkstarrynight on November 01, 2023, 05:49:50 PMNovember Goals
Hopefully get revise decision on chapter with spouse so we can get our first publication together- Get writing on the book manuscript, at least finish chapter 1 by the end of the month.
- Revisit rejected manuscript with former student and update to submit to target journal
Spouse and I got all revisions done and submitted the manuscript last night. I am trying to get back to the rejected manuscript before the week ends.
Not sure about today. I suppose I might turn to the paper I want to expand and then send out again.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 09, 2023, 09:42:52 AMNot sure about today. I suppose I might turn to the paper I want to expand and then send out again.
Didn't have much time, and wasted what I had. Shrug. Tomorrow, then.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
Another day of solid progress on paper #1 and the book chapter. I also put my RA to work on something new related to my book project, so there is some degree of progress being made there as well.
My wife has tomorrow off, so I'm going to do the same. I plan to come back to all of this with fresh mental legs on Monday.
Today, I'll work on that paper. And maybe start double-checking and tidying the last bit I translated.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 10, 2023, 07:35:10 AMToday, I'll work on that paper. And maybe start double-checking and tidying the last bit I translated.
500 words, all checked, nearly all tidied.
The power's out, and has been since the wee hours, so I expect I won't do anything today.
I'll finish tidiying the new translated bit, then... something. Maybe some work on the paper I'm fixing up and extending, maybe some reading for the new book or something.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 12, 2023, 10:15:56 AMI'll finish tidiying the new translated bit, then... something. Maybe some work on the paper I'm fixing up and extending, maybe some reading for the new book or something.
Done, then I did some reading which led to some other reading which led to some other reading which pointed to a treasure trove of sources which will really, really bolster the point I want to make. So I sent off some ILL requests.
A little work on the paper today.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
A little more on the book chapter today. Waiting on collaborators and my RA for the other tasks.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 13, 2023, 07:14:57 AMA little work on the paper today.
Only wrote a few hundred, but I cleaned up a couple of sections nicely.
I'd like to make more progress on fixing and expanding that paper.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
I started working on a new chapter of my book today. So far I've just done some outlining and written a couple of paragraphs, but I hope to do a bit more before I run out of steam. And starting is the hardest part for me, so it has been good to get the ball rolling.
Everything else is on a co-author's desk at the moment, so I can give this a good amount of attention for now.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 14, 2023, 08:57:45 AMI'd like to make more progress on fixing and expanding that paper.
Met with a plagiarist in my office hours, which took forever. So less got done than I hoped. But still, I wrote a few hundred and did some reorganizing.
I'll aim for more paper progress today.
More article progress, will also read some fun stuff for the book project.
I worked a tiny bit on my book manuscript chapter 1, but I really need to be better about blocking my time for this.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
I did some work on Paper #1 today and sent it back to my coauthor. I'm going to take a quick break and then try to spend a couple of hours on my book (continuing to chip away at a draft of Chapter 5).
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 16, 2023, 07:59:08 AMMore article progress, will also read some fun stuff for the book project.
The paper is almost there--it's almost a good short paper. It'll just need some tidying and gussying up.
Just tidying the paper today. Don't expect to manage to do much of that, but still.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 17, 2023, 01:47:39 PMJust tidying the paper today. Don't expect to manage to do much of that, but still.
Did a little.
Mostly reading, maybe some tidying of the article today.
I got back a desk rejection for my most rejected paper today (grrr), so I'll send it right back out, too.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 18, 2023, 08:38:10 AMMostly reading, maybe some tidying of the article today.
I got back a desk rejection for my most rejected paper today (grrr), so I'll send it right back out, too.
Managed some of all of the above. Article is back out.
Nothing much today; I'm examining that PhD thesis I read.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 19, 2023, 07:48:41 AMNothing much today; I'm examining that PhD thesis I read.
D'oh, it's next week. Did some work on the paper instead.
Some more paper buffing today.
This is not really about research but I am not sure where to write this. About a year and a half ago one of my coauthors on a book died in a tragic accident. I may have mentioned it here then. This past weekend, my other book coauthor died in a tragic accident. This person and I also served on boards together for a few professional organizations. They both were young, and I am in shock. Every day is a gift.
Buffing the paper.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 21, 2023, 12:05:18 PMBuffing the paper.
Buffed it and sent it in. It will no doubt be rejected, but at least it's paper-sized and -shaped rather than reply-sized and -shaped now.
Also collected and scanned my ILLs for the book. :)
Today I'll definitely start reading my ILL materials, and I will probably start on some refereeing I need to do soonish. But I may also properly start writing the new chapter for my next book.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 22, 2023, 08:35:50 AMToday I'll definitely start reading my ILL materials, and I will probably start on some refereeing I need to do soonish. But I may also properly start writing the new chapter for my next book.
Wrote 600 words. It's hard to start something new, though. Feels rough. Also read one of the ILLs and 75% of the second, and 30% of the paper I'm refereeing.
Refereeing plus finishing yesterday's reading.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 23, 2023, 08:09:19 AMRefereeing plus finishing yesterday's reading.
Well, I did the reading then updated my research statement and applied for a job. I also read more of the paper I'm refereeing, but didn't finish it. And I bravely submitted an insurance claim from ages ago, but that's not research.
Might get a little chapter writing done. Otherwise, just planning to finish reading for that referee report, maybe make a start on some conference refereeing, and maybe start reading a long thing for the book.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 24, 2023, 08:49:50 AMMight get a little chapter writing done. Otherwise, just planning to finish reading for that referee report, maybe make a start on some conference refereeing, and maybe start reading a long thing for the book.
My morning writing time was hijacked, so just reading today. Finished the refereeing paper, read half of a very long book chapter.
Guess I'll try to write a little today, though time will be tight.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 25, 2023, 08:28:59 AMGuess I'll try to write a little today, though time will be tight.[/s]
Meh, 400 lacklustre words.
Examining the PhD student today. Otherwise, I might hope to get some refereeing done or something.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 26, 2023, 10:03:26 AMExamining the PhD student today. Otherwise, I might hope to get some refereeing done or something.
Wrote a couple hundred.
Just another couple hundred today.
I should finally have some morning writing time, so I guess I should use it for that. I'll also start on that conference refereeing.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 28, 2023, 09:56:21 AMI should finally have some morning writing time, so I guess I should use it for that. I'll also start on that conference refereeing.
Wrote a bit, re-organized the book (it's way better now, and the structure is finally clear in my head), and did 60% of my refereeing.
Either a tiny bit of writing, or some refereeing.
Been working solid, every day, sometimes all day with frequent breaks and distractions (like The Fora) so I don't get depressed.
The plan is to have all my ideas and observations down in their respective chapters by the end of December and then to infuse the research where it belongs in the manuscript in January and February. It's possible with my current momentum.
I have applied for a couple of nonacademic jobs, and I am a little afraid ironically that I will get one, and this has been fueling my progress to get as much done as I can while I can.
Trying to do a little creative writing and some magazine writing on the side, would like to poke at that old revise-and-resubmit at some point too.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 29, 2023, 09:11:31 AMEither a tiny bit of writing, or some refereeing.
Only a teeny tiny bit.
I'll try to finish the refereeing today.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on November 01, 2023, 12:04:53 PMNovember goals:
- Make progress on paper #1 with colleague - decide if/how to move forward
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleagues - it would be great to send it off to the next journal on the list, although the ball is largely in my colleague's court
- Make significant progress on book chapter with colleague that has December due date
- Make progress on my own book project
Solid progress overall this month, and at least a little on each task, despite a lot of distractions from teaching and personal obligations. Hoping to do better in December now that teaching is coming to a close.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 30, 2023, 09:19:47 AMI'll try to finish the refereeing today.
Did that, and wrote ~500 words.
Report:
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 01, 2023, 09:24:24 AMNovember:
Complete and submit solo translation project.Translate a small chunk for the next co-translated project.
Stretch:
Complete and submit another nearly-complete paper.Make a start on a fresh book chapter.
Plus some reading and refereeing. Yay! Go me!