Got feedback today for the first manuscript I'd submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal. The feedback was very helpful, but also negative. They don't want to publish the paper and don't even want to invite resubmission. I'm a little sad about this, but at least some of the points made were also quite nice: apparently the paper was well ( Read more... )

It's been beautiful and sunny for much of the day and I even managed to site in my class this afternoon with my jumper off, without freezing. Roll on warmth. I have had enough of winter ( Read more... )

Was a low-key day yesterday without getting much done in the way of useful stuff, because I felt kind of grim after the meeting with the boss. It could have been much worse, but it could have been much better ( Read more... )

After some slightly less than strenuous persuasion (I didn't need that much!) from my Evil Twin, I have finally got round to getting myself a livejournal. The Marquis thinks I will now never get anything published, but I am confident that at least the paper that I have in preparation should be ready to go off once I have got rid of this cold/sinus- ( Read more... )