November Research Thread

[Parasaurolophus]

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.

My morning writing time was hijacked, so just reading today. Finished the refereeing paper, read half of a very long book chapter.

[Parasaurolophus]

Guess I'll try to write a little today, though time will be tight.

[Parasaurolophus]

Guess I'll try to write a little today, though time will be tight.[/s]

Meh, 400 lacklustre words.

[Parasaurolophus]

Examining the PhD student today. Otherwise, I might hope to get some refereeing done or something.

[Parasaurolophus]

Examining the PhD student today. Otherwise, I might hope to get some refereeing done or something.

Wrote a couple hundred.

[Parasaurolophus]

Just another couple hundred today.

[Parasaurolophus]

Just another couple hundred today.

Read instead. =/

[Parasaurolophus]

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.

[Parasaurolophus]

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.

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.

[Parasaurolophus]

Either a tiny bit of writing, or some refereeing.

[Wahoo Redux]

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.

[Parasaurolophus]

Either a tiny bit of writing, or some refereeing.

Only a teeny tiny bit.

[Parasaurolophus]

I'll try to finish the refereeing today.

[Sun_Worshiper]

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

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.

[Parasaurolophus]

I'll try to finish the refereeing today.

Did that, and wrote ~500 words.