July Research Thread

[Parasaurolophus]

I'll do some translating, maybe some other writing. Got some revisions back for an invited piece, so I'll look at those. And I'll referee a revised piece.

[billtsherman]

710 words today.  Too many.  I need to slow down a little.

Kept reading the book to review.  I'll have to start work on the puff piece soon as well.

[Parasaurolophus]

I'll do some translating, maybe some other writing. Got some revisions back for an invited piece, so I'll look at those. And I'll referee a revised piece.

I did those things, but the power was off all day, so I didn't manage as much as I might have liked. The revisions are a bit rough, but that's not unexpected for that paper.


Also, out of the blue, I've been invited to be the external examiner on a PhD thesis. A real one, at a real university. 0_o

[Sun_Worshiper]

I was on vacation for the last couple of weeks so I'm getting a late start this month...

July goals:

• Make progress on book project #1 - start conducting interviews, polish proposal, maybe submit proposal to presses
• Make progress on book project #2 w colleague - finish draft of proposal and of chapter 1, maybe resubmit materials to press that expressed interest
• Make progress on article manuscript #1 w colleague - we need to get started
• Make progress on article manuscript #2 w colleague - we're at the polishing stage and ball is in his court

I spent the last couple of days getting the ball rolling on paper #1, so now I can say that I've made progress on each of my tasks for this month, with some time to spare!

I also received a reply to my inquiry letter from a top publisher requesting to see my book proposal, so I'll work on getting that off this week.

[Parasaurolophus]

Just reading today.

[billtsherman]

609 words today.  Much more realistic pace.

More reading to do tonight.

[Parasaurolophus]

Just reading today.

Read my bit and translated a page.

[Parasaurolophus]

I'll translate a bit and do some Newsletter prep stuff. I don't have the courage to tackle the revisions for that paper yet.

[billtsherman]

768 words today.

Got to put together that fluff piece.  Maybe I'll write it Saturday.

[Sun_Worshiper]

I was on vacation for the last couple of weeks so I'm getting a late start this month...

July goals:

• Make progress on book project #1 - start conducting interviews, polish proposal, maybe submit proposal to presses
• Make progress on book project #2 w colleague - finish draft of proposal and of chapter 1, maybe resubmit materials to press that expressed interest
• Make progress on article manuscript #1 w colleague - we need to get started
• Make progress on article manuscript #2 w colleague - we're at the polishing stage and ball is in his court

Submitted my book proposal to top press after a positive response to my query letter.

Also met with colleague about book project #2. We're getting there, but pretty clear that the updated materials won't be submitted to the publisher this month.

[Parasaurolophus]

I'll translate a bit and do some Newsletter prep stuff. I don't have the courage to tackle the revisions for that paper yet.

Translated ten, forgot about the Newsletter. Oops.

[Parasaurolophus]

Reading and Newsletter today.

[billtsherman]

633 words today.  Getting somewhere.

I'll write the fluff peace over the weekend.  Read most of the book to review last night.  I'll finish it up this evening.

[Parasaurolophus]

Reading and Newsletter today.

[Parasaurolophus]

Managed a few pages of translation today. It's not much, but it'll do.