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Miles to go before I sleep
I am a bit overwhelmed by research, writing, and deadlines. It is getting so that any task (no matter how small) that can be definitively completed seems like a huge victory ( Read more... ) -
"But It's For Research!" The secret lives of beverages
Between prepping to teach in a week, adjusting to a new coast, looking for a house (if the foundations prove stable on a late Victorian, we may have a winner), and trying to get my own writing done in time for an increasingly looming deadline, I've found that I've been avoiding my laptop. It's being used almost entirely as a tool to get real work ( Read more... ) -
Procrastinating with Life
I've hit such a writer's block when it comes to this site as well as to my other projects. There are drafts of posts, including one on Mary Lamp that are simply not fit to be seen ( Read more... ) -
Book Giveaway
Stephanie's Written Word is giving a way a SIGNED copy of The Plight of the Darcy Brothers by Marsha Altman. To enter, go to her website, leave a comment on the giveway post. You can also tweet about it or post an entry on your blog for another chance to win. Here's the url for the giveaway: http://thewrittenword.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/the-plight ( Read more... ) -
Double-Dipping: Everything Austen Challenge Update + What's on my iPod
Everything Austen Challenge: Item Two: Reread Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (DailyLit)
I am still adjusting to my iPhone. I do not really enjoy typing more than a sentence on it (hence, I'm sitting in yet another cafe with free wifi, using my laptop), and reading pdf files has resulting in varying degrees of success (reading installments of A ( Read more... ) -
Website of the Week Wednesday
Okay, I'm declaring my sabbatical from the site over. I'm trying to get back in the habit of typing daily. My two articles have been sent out into the world, so now I have no excuse but to finish editing and polishing the ms. I'm going to try to have more posts relate to that.
But, now I have a new addiction. During our first few days here, I ate ( Read more... ) -
Everything Austen Challenge: Expanded Edition
I think this is a sign of how stressed I am that I am making my Austen addiction seem more "official" in order to justify it.
I've now decided to take the expanded version of the Everything Austen Challenge:
Original Items:
1) Read Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (hard copy)
2) Reread Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ( Read more... ) -
Everything Austen Challenge
I'll be on the road soon, so I thought I try something a little different: The Everything Austen Challenge!
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