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Jun. 1st, 2008 11:35 amToday is a work day. I know I need more time off after last week, but there's a Conflux meeting in a little while and I need to go, so if the day isn't going to be spent in sybaritic mode then I might as well do a bit of work as well. Apart from the usual online stuff, I haven't decided what work I shall do yet.
It's a choice betwen fiction, letters and putting together one of my history projects so that I can finish it. None of them are short and straightforward, but the history project is probably the most useful to get out of the way. I've written nearly two chapters (from memory - it's been a while since I looked at it) and if I can get to three chapters and an overview I can start querying it. People keep asking about it (not the interview subjects, either) so it would be rather nice to get it out there.
The big question is how much work is left to do. Where did health overtake energy? If there's too much then I may have to put it off a bit, but if it's just two day's work then I can fit that in this week and make progress.
It's not my usual history, which leaves me a bit nervous. It's a study on how modern fiction writers relate to the Middle Ages. If you've used the Middle Ages in your fiction and haven't done either of my questionnaires, it's not too late. Send me an email address and I'll send you the questionnaires.
My approach is a little hermeneutical and somewhat historiographical and quite a bit anecdotal. I want something history non-specialists can enjoy, this time round.
ETA: I just reviewed what I wrote way back when. The good news is that the write-up is way more advanced than I thought. I have three short chapters done and an introduction, plus an outline of the whole project. This is the good news. As good news goes, it's wonderful.
The bad news is that it's not my most stellar writing. In fact, chunks of it are quite deadly, because I was trying to write neutrally and in my hands neutral is dull. Also, I make too many assumptions about background understanding of the subject. I was writing too close to time of research, I think.
My rest-of-day-after-meeting will be editing and rewriting and making sense of it all. By Tuesday lunchtime (when I move into teaching mode again) I shall have three much better chapters, plus an introduction, plus an overview. If, at that time, anyone has a great desire to read it and say rude things about it, just let me know. Then I shall have run out of excuses and will start thinking about submissions (oh, but I hate that stage of the process!!).
It's a choice betwen fiction, letters and putting together one of my history projects so that I can finish it. None of them are short and straightforward, but the history project is probably the most useful to get out of the way. I've written nearly two chapters (from memory - it's been a while since I looked at it) and if I can get to three chapters and an overview I can start querying it. People keep asking about it (not the interview subjects, either) so it would be rather nice to get it out there.
The big question is how much work is left to do. Where did health overtake energy? If there's too much then I may have to put it off a bit, but if it's just two day's work then I can fit that in this week and make progress.
It's not my usual history, which leaves me a bit nervous. It's a study on how modern fiction writers relate to the Middle Ages. If you've used the Middle Ages in your fiction and haven't done either of my questionnaires, it's not too late. Send me an email address and I'll send you the questionnaires.
My approach is a little hermeneutical and somewhat historiographical and quite a bit anecdotal. I want something history non-specialists can enjoy, this time round.
ETA: I just reviewed what I wrote way back when. The good news is that the write-up is way more advanced than I thought. I have three short chapters done and an introduction, plus an outline of the whole project. This is the good news. As good news goes, it's wonderful.
The bad news is that it's not my most stellar writing. In fact, chunks of it are quite deadly, because I was trying to write neutrally and in my hands neutral is dull. Also, I make too many assumptions about background understanding of the subject. I was writing too close to time of research, I think.
My rest-of-day-after-meeting will be editing and rewriting and making sense of it all. By Tuesday lunchtime (when I move into teaching mode again) I shall have three much better chapters, plus an introduction, plus an overview. If, at that time, anyone has a great desire to read it and say rude things about it, just let me know. Then I shall have run out of excuses and will start thinking about submissions (oh, but I hate that stage of the process!!).