Goddess Musings
Musings of a baseball loving feminist in Chicago
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Playing catch-up
Taking 2 days off of work has never hurt so much. And I'm taking 2 more next week, well I'm traveling for work, but still 2 days out of the office. Oy...this is gonna really hurt!
I think I caught up with my emails. If I missed yours, just poke me. I'm squishy, it won't hurt.
Some questions were posed in my comments, so here it goes:
1) Goddesses can wear capes. They are goddesses, they get to wear what they want. Which explains my fashion choices. And yes, purple is the color of choice for this goddess.
2) Abstracts...ok, they seem like a lot, but they aren't really. The hardest part of writing a good abstract is knowing your conclusion and being willing to give away the ending. This is not a formal way of writing one (you can find that here) but this is how I do it. In all honesty, it should be the last thing you write. But since many calls for books, articles, etc. ask for an abstract, you have to think about it as a Cliff Notes version of your future book chapter/article. It should be about 200-300 words long, cover your idea for the article, include the reasons why YOU should be the author, and give a little background of the idea. Sound hard? It is. At least for me who likes to ramble on and on...What you should remember is that this is all that the reviewer will read about your idea, what would make them contact you about writing a full article?
3) My writing. I'm moaned about wanting to do more writing since I left college in 1997. People have given me advise here and there. I read A LOT, but I haven't been writing as much. So I'm trying to write a lot more than I usually do.
whew! I think that's it. For now. I have a blog post about Jessica's moaning about the second wavers in my head. Hopefully tonight after I get our taxes done (I swear I will!) I can get it out the door. I'm starting to find it highly amusing that I like to take such "high profile" articles and thorw in my 2 cents for my 4 readers. But it's all about the process, right? And not the fame, right? Aw, I'm just tired and a little pissy. Time for more of Carol's chocolate chip cookie from Whole Foods. YUM!
I think I caught up with my emails. If I missed yours, just poke me. I'm squishy, it won't hurt.
Some questions were posed in my comments, so here it goes:
1) Goddesses can wear capes. They are goddesses, they get to wear what they want. Which explains my fashion choices. And yes, purple is the color of choice for this goddess.
2) Abstracts...ok, they seem like a lot, but they aren't really. The hardest part of writing a good abstract is knowing your conclusion and being willing to give away the ending. This is not a formal way of writing one (you can find that here) but this is how I do it. In all honesty, it should be the last thing you write. But since many calls for books, articles, etc. ask for an abstract, you have to think about it as a Cliff Notes version of your future book chapter/article. It should be about 200-300 words long, cover your idea for the article, include the reasons why YOU should be the author, and give a little background of the idea. Sound hard? It is. At least for me who likes to ramble on and on...What you should remember is that this is all that the reviewer will read about your idea, what would make them contact you about writing a full article?
3) My writing. I'm moaned about wanting to do more writing since I left college in 1997. People have given me advise here and there. I read A LOT, but I haven't been writing as much. So I'm trying to write a lot more than I usually do.
whew! I think that's it. For now. I have a blog post about Jessica's moaning about the second wavers in my head. Hopefully tonight after I get our taxes done (I swear I will!) I can get it out the door. I'm starting to find it highly amusing that I like to take such "high profile" articles and thorw in my 2 cents for my 4 readers. But it's all about the process, right? And not the fame, right? Aw, I'm just tired and a little pissy. Time for more of Carol's chocolate chip cookie from Whole Foods. YUM!
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