I've been back for almost a week, but I've been super busy and couldn't post. The Congress was great; I made some important contacts. I was invited to write a paper for an academic journal. So I'll be busy in the next days... But I'll be reading you!

1) I was finally transferred to the "right" advisor. So everything's OK and now I can apply for a grant.

2) There will finally be an official release party for my book (my dissertation). It will be in one of the best bookstores in São Paulo, in the end of the month.

Double Yay!

I was sure my (academic) book would not be finished before January, but yesterday I received an e-mail announcing that it's already on sale! What a surprise. It's not a good time to release a book, because of the end of the year, and the uni holidays. I'll have to wait until the end of March to have an official book release party. But, in spite of ( Read more... )

Tomorrow my classes will start, and the final proofs of my book will arrive (YAY!), so I may disappear again for a few days. (But not right now. Starting tomorrow afternoon, I think.)

So... I have finished reviewing the galleys of my book, and they say the final proofs will be ready next week! But the cover designer hasn't even started working on it, so let's not get too excited yet.

And... do you remember the review I told you about almost two years ago, here? It has finally been published! Yay!

I'll be on hiatus this week, friends. It's for a good reason: the galley proof of my book is ready, and I have to proofread it!!!

The book was released, everything went fine. The auditorium was full to capacity, the panel discussion was OK. My presentation was very well received.

I'm exhausted. And my classes have started... I need a break!

The copies of that book I contributed an essay to arrived! The design is clean, simple, sober. And the title is charming, provoking. I'm sorry I can't give you the details. I wish I could be more open, but I can't. Porn and academy usually don't mix well... (Except for a few acafans.)

The book I wrote an essay for is ready! It will probably be released in March. I'm not going to earn any money from it, but it's a wonderful thing to have in my resumé. The publisher is a respected foundation. They are going to send me three copies of it. I can't wait to see it!

I have finished the paper and sent it to the professor who invited me to write it. She's going to send it to other reviewers ( Read more... )