On the list for this month:
1. Finish a peer review of an article
2. Revise and send off a journal article
3. Continue writing an article for an edited collection
4. Think about possible paper topics for an upcoming conference
Back to Article B, now that the book review has been submitted.
Article A is in my friend-reader's hands, still, but B is due at the end of the month, so it's the focus now.
M.
August Goals
- Finalize all prep work for sabbatical project
- Work on follow-up study manuscript with coauthors
- Prepare scholarly essay with friend to submit to identified journal
- Draft and submit book proposal
August goals:
- Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal
- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleagues
- Make progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)
- Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)
- Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic about
- Deal with rejections or R&Rs that come back to me
This month (they're not all research tasks, but they do need doing):
- Write conference panel paper (which will be folded into my next book).
- Complete at least one of two REB supplementary training course things.
- Prepare August Newsletter.
- Update syllabi for the fall (ugh).
Stretch:
- Finish up the paper I started in July.
- Make cosmetic alterations to Co-Authored Paper 3 and send it somewhere.
Today, I'll just start on my conference paper and maybe do some Newslettering.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 01, 2022, 11:56:21 AM
Today, I'll just start on my conference paper and maybe do some Newslettering.
Copy edited everything to date and wrote ~300 words.
Just Newslettering today.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 02, 2022, 08:28:02 AM
Just Newslettering today.
All caught up.
I also re-read a paper I wrote in June. Man, it's
good!
Have to do some more Newslettering today, I'm afraid. Followed by some work on one of those REB courses, I guess.
Revisions.
Then Article B.
M.
Quote from: mamselle on August 03, 2022, 10:06:46 AM
Revisions.
Then Article B.
M.
I love it when an editor is really, really good.
One I used to write for used to say, "A good editor makes you sound more like yourself."
This editor's suggested revision is almost seamless...it sounds the way I should have written it.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 03, 2022, 08:52:02 AM
Have to do some more Newslettering today, I'm afraid. Followed by some work on one of those REB courses, I guess.
Fixed a Newsletter crisis, completed one course module.
Also, the governing board of my main professional association has nominated me to stand for election to their ranks!
We're taking an overnight trip, so I don't expect to do much today or tomorrow. I suppose before we leave I might put some work into another training module.
Some article A revisions are back, so finish the review, do those, then on to Article B.
Student at 6.30 PM; move to cat-sitting spot w/A/C at 5.00.
Should be doable.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 04, 2022, 08:22:23 AM
We're taking an overnight trip, so I don't expect to do much today or tomorrow. I suppose before we leave I might put some work into another training module.
Nope, didn't manage it. Oh well.
Yesterday I had to rescan several items that I did previously with the wrong scanner settings (who knew the scanner would default to legal sized paper?) then I went to the library to redo the accessibility work on the documents I had spent time on based on the original scans. I plan to return today to make progress on the project.
With luck, I'll start another module today.
Fighting lethargy to finish something simple.
Then lesson plan. Then back to Article B.
M.
Realized I had to rescan one more document which I did today. I also made a LOT of progress in the library!
Final in on review.
Lesson plans now.
Return to Article B tonight or tomorrow.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 05, 2022, 07:26:50 AM
With luck, I'll start another module today.
Newslettered instead.
Given that I was wildly distracted with lawyer/home-buying nonsense all day yesterday, I was actually quite productive. Finished a review, finished my contribution to a massive replication project, and finally recorded my stimuli for my new experiment. Today I'm going to just quietly hang out at home, in my pyjamas, and segment sound files while eating bonbons.
^Brilliantly decadent. Especially the bonbons...
Waiting to see if there are any last edit requests for review, otherwise done and in.
Back to Article B.
Requested Article A feedback was a false alarm, the file was their request to me for a quick lookover of something else. So, still waiting on that.
Next steps are mulling about within, several roads are diverging in that yellowed wood.
M.
Newslettering today, followed by either starting to read for a fun new referee report, or continuing the supplementary REB course thing.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 06, 2022, 08:32:04 AM
Newslettering today, followed by either starting to read for a fun new referee report, or continuing the supplementary REB course thing.
Ugh. Plans changed, no work was possible.
Yesterday's goals today.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 07, 2022, 10:39:00 AM
Yesterday's goals today.
Finished the Newsletter, read the article (interesting but not ready for publication), then started updating my syllabi for the fall.
Today's only goal is another training module.
Found materials for Article B. Will try to read them today.
Back to wondering about Article A. My friend-reader seems distracted about something they're working on. Trying to decide if I should just send it on to the person who asked for it (not under deadline, but she's in her 80s....) or prod friend-reader one last time...
No word further on review, I think it's done and dry.
M.
Quote from: darkstarrynight on August 01, 2022, 07:00:42 AM
August Goals
Finalize all prep work for sabbatical project- Work on follow-up study manuscript with coauthors
Prepare scholarly essay with friend to submit to identified journal- Draft and submit book proposal
I had a productive two days! Yesterday I dug into the scholarly essay and found a different journal from the one we were targeting that took commentaries around the word count I was closer to (rather than adding 2,000 more words). I added in a few sources I had gotten from the library plus referenced a perfect advance online article from this journal, and submitted it!
Today I spent the bulk of the day in the library and went turbo on finishing my sabbatical project prep! I can now focus on the "main project" and I am so thrilled. I am going to start on the book proposal tomorrow.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 08, 2022, 05:28:59 AM
Today's only goal is another training module.
Two modules, and a bit of work on last month's new paper.
I got the book proposal draft started and created a shared drive for my potential coauthor. I think I convinced hu to join me on this writing endeavor since we have such different disciplines and could never write together unless it was a topic related to hu's new administrative role and my teaching and research area. I am going to work on this a little bit here and there before we meet next week, as the proposal has to be submitted by the end of the month.
I also plan to get started on the actual sabbatical project today now that I finished prep work yesterday. I am no longer tied to library technology and can work on it from anywhere.
A few reviewers notes for the review, and it's done
Article A, I'm starting to think, can get a tiny organizational tweak, and then go out, my friendly reader's too caught up in their own stuff.
Leaving B to get final attention this week, out to more reliable friendly editor next week, and back for tweaking before its 9/1 due date.
Students in between.
M.
I'd like to complete another module today.
Just kidding on starting the project. I found that I did not correctly finish the prep work as I previously thought, so I have to go back to the library this week. Oops.
Nearly finished the reviewer's notes before I had to teach. Two to go and it's done.
A, B, etc., can go after that.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 09, 2022, 10:00:07 AM
I'd like to complete another module today.
Four. All that's left is the test--but not tomorrow, because tomorrow my partner defends her dissertation!
All digits crossed.
(Claws? What do Parasaurolophuses cross?)
Anyway, hope all goes well.
M.
I returned to the library and finished the rest of the edits I needed to make this morning. Then I made significant progress on the book proposal. Also, yesterday I came across a very appropriate call for submissions for the project my colleagues and I presented in June. We just have to submit a 500 word abstract by the end of September so I am excited about that possibility!
Claws, yes. It was a resounding success (of course)!
I wasn't going to do anything, but I had some time so I took the exam for the training thing, passed it, and now it's done and I'm certificated (though not, alas, certified).
We're all of us here on this-here fora certified, ya know....or, maybe, "certifiable" is the word I want?
-=-=-=-=-
Review done and submitted....finally, I think.
Now, that Article A organizational issue, I might just have enough brain cells to rub together to get a start on that.
Then Article B.
M.
Quote from: darkstarrynight on August 10, 2022, 11:25:23 AM
I returned to the library and finished the rest of the edits I needed to make this morning. Then I made significant progress on the book proposal. Also, yesterday I came across a very appropriate call for submissions for the project my colleagues and I presented in June. We just have to submit a 500 word abstract by the end of September so I am excited about that possibility!
For some reason I got motivated and cranked out a 500 word draft proposal and sent it to my coauthors. I know they are busy and this is not due for seven weeks, but I feel like it would be great to get it in early so we can focus on the manuscript and have a timeline in place. I really had a productive day!
Ditto here. I got some shaping work done on Article A., and at least opened and looked at Article B.
Dinner soon....
M.
Not sure about today's goals. Might start the other supplementary certification course, might just work on a paper...
Polishing up A one more time and sending to another friend-reader.
Goal: turn it in, in whatever shape, since it will still be vetted, next week.
Focus on B today and this weekend, try to get to the point I can send to two other friend-readers on the 17th, 2 weeks before it's due.
Today's goal: go back, check previous references, see if there's anything I've omitted, and scan for smoothness overall.
Start thinking about next steps, which might have to take a hiatus since I may have to do some real-life-stuff shortly (I just have this 'feeling' my housing situation could change and I need to have all my references and books in order so if a move becomes necessary, they will be on the top of the pile. It feels as if I am just now getting into a good work rhythm and I'd like to proactively protect that if possible.)
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 11, 2022, 06:35:01 AM
Not sure about today's goals. Might start the other supplementary certification course, might just work on a paper...
Did the whole certification thing. Started working on the paper, ran out of time.
Working on a referee report and a paper today.
Teaching today, more writing tomorrow.
Did get a bit more on an old bibliography that needed to be re-drafted for a possible-resurrection article from a bit ago yesterday PM.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 12, 2022, 07:06:33 AM
Working on a referee report and a paper today.
Wrote most of the report, did some notetaking for the article. Didn't have mich energy for it, in the end.
More report, more paper.
Delayed by errands and necessities.
Starting on articles now.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 13, 2022, 08:12:20 AM
More report, more paper.
Finished the report (rejection), wrote ~400 words.
Did more on the mini-Article C bibliography.
Did more format repair on Article A
Found Article B sources, read, took notes.
M.
Working on either the conference paper, the short paper, or both.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 14, 2022, 10:12:12 AM
Working on either the conference paper, the short paper, or both.
800 words of the latter this morning, then the afternoon plans fell apart.
Paper and conference paper today, maybe start reading for a book review.
Final edits back and accepted and returned on review; done for real? (This editor is really good but keeps coming back with new queries).
Article A's friendly reader just came back with an annotated version so I'll be busy with that for a day.
Article B is on track but needs to get finished shortly.
Article C might even get done and submitted somewhere; hadn't expected that would be possible but it's been happening 'in the waiting time' between all the others' going out and coming back.
Student shortly.
M.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on August 01, 2022, 11:10:29 AM
August goals:
Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleagues
- Make progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)
Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic about- Revise and submit paper #6 with colleague to journal - to be abandoned if this submission does not work out
- Revise and submit paper #7 with colleague to new journal
- Revise and submit paper #8 with colleagues to new journal
I managed to submit Paper #1, so I am crossing one major thing off my list. However, I am also adding two more items to my list after receiving a couple of rejections last week.
I've also made decisions about whether to pursue paper #5 (taking it off my list for now) and #6 (will submit to one more journal - a low tier outlet that I like - before abandoning).
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 15, 2022, 08:00:10 AM
Paper and conference paper today, maybe start reading for a book review.
Mostly the first paper, which is coming along, but did a bit of everything.
I had a very productive book proposal meeting with my friend/potential coauthor today and we made progress on it. I am really excited to advance this forward and get it done this month!
I suppose I'll work on the other paper, do a bit of reading for the conference paper, and do a bit of reading for the next book review.
Or maybe start putting together the LMS pages for my fall courses, since there are five of them (ugh).
Article A is up for revisions per those sent me recently.
Student at 4:30.
If I can finish A now, and C tomorrow, I'll have a clear path for B, which is due 9/1 going forward.
That's the strategy du moment, at least.
M.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on August 01, 2022, 11:10:29 AM
August goals:
Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleagues
- Make progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)
Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic aboutRevise and submit paper #6 with colleague to journal - to be abandoned if this submission does not work out- Revise and submit paper #7 with colleague to new journal
- Revise and submit paper #8 with colleagues to new journal
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 16, 2022, 07:46:40 AM
I suppose I'll work on the other paper, do a bit of reading for the conference paper, and do a bit of reading for the next book review.
Or maybe start putting together the LMS pages for my fall courses, since there are five of them (ugh).
Some progress.
Got one page of corrections in...so, a decent start.
Folk dance intervened.
More tomorrow.
M.
Guess I'll mostly just read for the book review today. My energy is low.
Made a list for the rest of the month; it includes all the papers, etc. already in process; today:
[x - nearly all done, lists for next 3 days to finish done] Bib. and notes on mini-Article C, maybe do a draft submission letter, a friend suggested a couple placements I hadn't considered, so that's a start there as well.
[ ] More edits on Article A, finish and send to the person who wanted to see if it will work for a blogsite they have going, or as an article.
[ ] That should finally clear the decks for the last push on Article B, and since I have no students for the next week (the last one just informed me they're gone until the 26th) time will be clear and open for that.
M.
Yesterday we got another desk reject on the scholarly essay. Argh. I converted it back to our preferred citation format so my colleague can work out it for hu's preferred journal now.
I started the official reading and analysis for my sabbatical project today. I am really excited about this!
Made a list for the rest of the month; it includes all the papers, etc. already in process; today:
[x - nearly all done, lists for next 3 days to finish done] Bib. and notes on mini-Article C, maybe do a draft submission letter, a friend suggested a couple placements I hadn't considered, so that's a start there as well.
[x - 12 pp. done out of 28, excellent notes, so useful!!!] More edits on Article A, finish and send to the person who wanted to see if it will work for a blogsite they have going, or as an article.
[ ] That should finally clear the decks for the last push on Article B, and since I have no students for the next week (the last one just informed me they're gone until the 26th) time will be clear and open for that.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 17, 2022, 07:47:26 AM
Guess I'll mostly just read for the book review today. My energy is low.
Did some LMS work, too.
I suppose I should progress on the conference paper today. But although I love the subject, I'm not into doing the work!
I should also continue getting the LMS shells ready.
Got through all the Article A revisions; some tweaks and look-ups yet to do, but it's much helped by my friend-reader's comments.
Article B up next, or maybe a tiny excursion into C, just to clean up the last of the little things, there.
Then a clear path towards B is possible.
Lunch soon...and no students today!
M.
A bit more on C done, Article B up next.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 18, 2022, 09:28:46 AM
I suppose I should progress on the conference paper today. But although I love the subject, I'm not into doing the work!
I should also continue getting the LMS shells ready.
Pretty much only managed the LMS shells. All that's missing are the asdessments.
Either the LMS stuff or the conference paper.
Inching along on C, got a bit done on B as well.
Article A is up next...lunch first.
M.
Quote from: mamselle on August 19, 2022, 10:03:55 AM
Inching along on C, got a bit done on B as well.
Article A is up next...lunch first.
M.
Going cross-eyed trying to find people in 18th c. England who clearly don't WANT to be found.
Harrumph.
Bed.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 19, 2022, 06:52:03 AM
Either the LMS stuff or the conference paper.
Bit of both. Made most of the slideshow for my talk. It's far and away my prettiest slideshow ever. It looks
good!
Quote from: mamselle on August 19, 2022, 06:23:59 PM
Going cross-eyed trying to find people in 18th c. England who clearly don't WANT to be found.
Harrumph.
Bed.
M.
Did you check thte privy?
Ha!
M.
Nope, they're not there. (A bit smelly, though...)
Getting grumpy and tired of this paper--perhaps a sign it's time to finish it up?
Since it's due soon, that's fortuitous...
M.
Got more done. Still can't find the folks I'm looking for, maybe they emigrated (well, I know a couple did, but their parents didn't!)
Still more to do but it's moving along.
M.
Sorry about the grumps!
Just reading for the dreary book review this afternoon.
The book review I just did started out dreary but an enlightened editor made it delightful....may you have the same good fortune.
More tomorrow...whatever I've found by then is what goes into the article, it needs to be finished.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 20, 2022, 03:32:54 PM
Sorry about the grumps!
Just reading for the dreary book review this afternoon.
Whoops, forgot to update. I read some. I'm a quarter through now.
I did find out about a novella from 1899 in which a man's brain is transplanted into an elasmosaur. So that was unexpected, and very cool.
More reading today, I guess. Maybe some LMS stuff.
QuoteI did find out about a novella from 1899 in which a man's brain is transplanted into an elasmosaur. So that was unexpected, and very cool.
Hmm. Was the elasmosaur improved or degraded by the transplantation, I wonder?
Me: Article B all the way today....
M.
Both!
Reading today, I think.
I've officially given up on finding that one last detail that would make this feel perfect.
There's enough to do with what's there, so, onwards and upwards.
I.e.: Article B continues.
M.
I did a teeny bit of work on the book proposal today, and made some progress on my sabbatical project as well.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 22, 2022, 02:14:08 PM
Reading today, I think.
Finished a chapter. I'm about 1/3 of the way through the thing now. Oof, what drudgery.
I got and accepted two new referee requests this morning, so I'll make a start on one of those today, and I suppose I'll continue reading the stupid book.
Excelsior...empathy over here for reviewing "stuff ya don't even wanna read"....it does end.
I'm moving out of my kitty-care place today--not far, but the change of scene has been nice.
I'm still hoping to get a couple hours' editing in before I leave; I'm nearly packed (not much) and ready to go, just need to be sure my people got out of Amsterdam ok.
Article B, last week, here we go!
M.
I finished up everything in the library (hopefully) today, and got another book for the book proposal (a competitor in the broader field).
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 23, 2022, 08:57:51 AM
I got and accepted two new referee requests this morning, so I'll make a start on one of those today, and I suppose I'll continue reading the stupid book.
Read one of the papers (it's okay--a good idea, middling execution) and read some of the book. It was slightly less painful than the last chunk.
Got the work done, back home, more tomorrow.
M.
I'll definitely read more (either the other paper I'm refereeing, or the book), but I'd like to write a bit of something, too. I've got a fair few commitments coming up in 2023...
Yikes, 2023 ALREADY?
So....that's around the corner, hunh??
[ x] Tiny bit of editing for my friendly-reader friend, since they looked at my piece. - 4 pages out of 29 (it was shorter last week...hmm..)
[ ] Final edit rounds on Article B, due in one week.
[ ]A [ ]C Maybe a tiny look at A and C, just for refreshment, at some point, but nothing else, and no students until Friday, so time to make hay while I can.
M.
Ugh, I know. I'm committed to two chapters in collections, and I'd like to send something in for two special issies, then there's this new book I want to write and all these other paper projects I have, and...
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 24, 2022, 07:05:32 AM
I'll definitely read more (either the other paper I'm refereeing, or the book), but I'd like to write a bit of something, too. I've got a fair few commitments coming up in 2023...
Read my quota from the book, plus two thirds of the second paper I'm refereeing. No time to write, I'm afraid. Tomorrow, I hope.
Tomorrow: 4 more pages to edit, plus, on B
Fix highlit section and check guidelines
Read for flow and check notes and bib.
M.
I've got a meeting later, so I'll write a bit in the morning, read my quota in the afternoon.
Have edited 11 out of 25 pages for my friend, stopping for now.
Next up (after lunch) a major tear-in to Article B.
No plans to look at A or C today at all, unless I need a break from B at some point.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 25, 2022, 07:27:14 AM
I've got a meeting later, so I'll write a bit in the morning, read my quota in the afternoon.
Wrote 400 for a promised chapter, read my quota, finished reading for the second referee report.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on August 01, 2022, 11:10:29 AM
August goals:
Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
- Make progress on paper #3 with colleagues
- Make progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)
Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic aboutRevise and submit paper #6 with colleague to journal - to be abandoned if this submission does not work out- Revise and submit paper #7 with colleague to new journal
- Revise and submit paper #8 with colleagues to new journal
- Revise paper #9 for resubmission
I received a R&R yesterday, so adding that to my list. This is my first success with a journal in what feels like an eternity (really more like a year) and I like the paper, so excited to make the revisions. However, I'm swamped with teaching and other research projects so I probably won't get started on revisions until September.
Quote from: mamselle on August 25, 2022, 10:38:22 AM
Have edited 11 out of 25 pages for my friend, stopping for now.
Next up (after lunch) a major tear-in to Article B.
No plans to look at A or C today at all, unless I need a break from B at some point.
M.
Re-did a section in B.
Smoother, needs distilling, tomorrow.
M.
I suppose I'll start writing one of those reports. Then read my quota.
Friend-editing for a bit first, followed by more work on B.
M.
I was back scanning and then in the library doing more edits yesterday for the sabbatical project. I also met with my colleague/friend who decided I should solo author the book proposal/eventual book if approved, and I spent much of the afternoon yesterday on that. This morning I got even further on the book proposal (it is about 95% completed) so I feel confident about submitting it on time before the end of the month/early next week. I did a little work on my fellowship project today, for which I have a meeting this afternoon.
Quote from: mamselle on August 26, 2022, 08:27:28 AM
Friend-editing for a bit first, followed by more work on B.
M.
Friend-editing tranche done for today; good start on the first-section-to-be-finished.
Lunch now, more on that section, hopefully to be finished today.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 26, 2022, 08:15:26 AM
I suppose I'll start writing one of those reports. Then read my quota.
Report half done, quota read.
I'd like to finish one of the reports today, but not sure I'll get a chance. Otherwise, just the reading quota.
Tiny bit of friend-editing done; they've just said it's not urgent, so setting aside for now.
More work untangling those obstreperous 18th c. folk, a few are getting a bit less ghostly, but they're still hiding from me!
Lunch, more later.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 27, 2022, 10:26:44 AM
I'd like to finish one of the reports today, but not sure I'll get a chance. Otherwise, just the reading quota.
No time at all, everything left undone. Oh well.
More done after lunch; dinner and bed now...
More in the AM.
M.
Gonna try to finish one report and then read a double-quota (yuck).
I'm fighting off end-of-August-I-want-my-vacation-NOW! blahs, with only three days to go before Article B is due.
Where's that old excited adrenaline rush when you need it!?
More work on the article anyway, today...be grateful that it's a wanted child.
M.
Quote from: mamselle on August 28, 2022, 09:12:56 AM
I'm fighting off end-of-August-I-want-my-vacation-NOW! blahs, with only three days to go before Article B is due.
Where's that old excited adrenaline rush when you need it!?
More work on the article anyway, today...be grateful that it's a wanted child.
M.
More poking, fewer results = time to stop poking.
Especially when I see a name in a newspaper article and I catch myself idly thinking maybe I should look it up to see if their wedding shows up in Foster's "London Marriage Licenses, 1521-1869"....
Snack, back to editing and no more poking.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 28, 2022, 08:08:35 AM
Gonna try to finish one report and then read a double-quota (yuck).
Something took up the afternoon, so didn't read. Oh well.
Either the second report, or reading. We'll see.
Quote from: darkstarrynight on August 01, 2022, 07:00:42 AM
August Goals
Finalize all prep work for sabbatical project- Work on follow-up study manuscript with coauthors
- Prepare scholarly essay with friend to submit to identified journal
Draft and submit book proposal
I am happy to report that I submitted the book proposal yesterday! I feel very excited about that. Now I just wait a month until I face the board that decides whether or not it will proceed to the publisher for consideration. I have been working on my sabbatical project today too. I did accept two manuscripts to review from different journals that I will need to do in September. However, I am feeling really positive right now about my progress so that is definitely a good way to start the week!
Getting notes and details pinned down.
Lunch.
Then more notes and details.
M.
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on August 01, 2022, 11:10:29 AM
August goals:
Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
Make progress on paper #3 with colleaguesMake progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic aboutRevise and submit paper #6 with colleague to journal - to be abandoned if this submission does not work out- Revise and submit paper #7 with colleague to new journal
- Revise and submit paper #8 with colleagues to new journal
- Revise paper #9 for resubmission
Paper #3 has now been submitted and colleague sent me a draft of paper #4, so I'm marking them off the list (even though I have a lot of work to do on #4 now that it is back in my hands). Next month should be a productive one in terms of getting #s 7 and 8 out the door and making progress on #s 4 and 9. Paper #2 is also hanging over my head and I know my coauthor is annoyed with me for being slow, but I'm overwhelmed with other things at the moment. Hoping to get my head above water by mid-to-late September.
Guess I'll write up the second report, and read later.
Getting more bits written. The deadline feels unreal, but I'm pretty sure it's solid now.
Push, push, push....
Lunch now, student at 4:30.
Text and notes need more work.
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 30, 2022, 10:26:41 AM
Guess I'll write up the second report, and read later.
Did both.
August goals:
Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
Make progress on paper #3 with colleaguesMake progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic aboutRevise and submit paper #6 with colleague to journal - to be abandoned if this submission does not work out- Revise and submit paper #7 with colleague to new journal
- Revise and submit paper #8 with colleagues to new journal
- Revise paper #9 for resubmission
Made great progress on paper #7 today. We're not going to get it out to a journal in August, but I feel optimistic about an early-September submission.
Teaching all day tomorrow, but hoping to get the ball rolling on revising paper #9 on Thursday.
Towning this afternoon, so just reading my quota today.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 31, 2022, 10:57:23 AM
Towning this afternoon, so just reading my quota today.
Done. 75% of that stupid book is read. Oof.
August goals:
Make progress on finalizing paper #1 (solo) and, if possible, get it to a journal- Make progress on paper #2 with colleague
Make progress on paper #3 with colleaguesMake progress on paper #4 with colleague, which we are supposed to present at a conference in mid or late Sept (ball is in colleague's court at the moment)Decide whether to pursue paper #5 with colleague or take it off my list for a while (maybe forever)Decide whether to abandon paper #6 with colleague, which has been rejected from many journals and which my colleague is apathetic aboutRevise and submit paper #6 with colleague to journal - to be abandoned if this submission does not work out- Revise and submit paper #7 with colleague to new journal
- Revise and submit paper #8 with colleagues to new journal
- Revise paper #9 for resubmission
Did a little work on paper #4 today, but was mostly tied up with teaching. Hoping for a full day of research tomorrow, with an emphasis on getting the ball rolling on an R&R (paper #9).
Quote from: mamselle on August 01, 2022, 04:29:17 AM
Back to Article B, now that the book review has been submitted.
Article A is in my friend-reader's hands, still, but B is due at the end of the month, so it's the focus now.
M.
Also got work done on Articles A and C, but B was the focus--due today 91, so since I'm up, I guess I'm starting a new thread!
M.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on August 01, 2022, 11:56:21 AM
This month (they're not all research tasks, but they do need doing):
Write conference panel paper (which will be folded into my next book).Complete at least one of two REB supplementary training course things.Prepare August Newsletter.Update syllabi for the fall (ugh).
Stretch:
- Finish up the paper I started in July.
- Make cosmetic alterations to Co-Authored Paper 3 and send it somewhere.
I didn't quite hit those stretch goals, but instead I refereed three papers and read 75% of a book I have to review by January. And I completed both REB courses.
I also didn't exactly write the conference paper; I wrote most of it, and more or less made my presentation. But it's close enough that I can just tinker until I have to give it.