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Good advice for those of us writing dissertations…
Over the long arc of your career, you will complete many research projects, one often leading to the next. Research is an archipelago, not a single island. Your goal should be to build a career piece...
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Your Taste is Killer: Ira Glass Provides Much Needed Dissertation Motivation
I’ve been slogging through the dissertation work lately. I’m getting stuff done. But the joy is fading. Then I found this: Oh, Ira. Thanks. I needed this. I consider our work as academics creative....
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Shut Up and Start Writing: Week 2- The Starting Pistol
BANG! And we’re off. Alright folks, time to check in with what you did this week and what your goal is for next week. I actually got the chapter I’ve been working on revised and emailed to my...
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Shut Up and Start Writing Week 3
How are things going for everyone? We’re two weeks in and I know this group has been super helpful for me. I have a tendency to piddle around in the early stages of a new chapter. Having a clear goal...
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Writing Group Week 4: Free Bates Edition
I have no reason for the above picture. I just like it. So, how was everyone’s week? Sorry for the late post. I’ll do better next week. I hit my goal. I’ve got a good outline of where this chapter is...
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Shut Up and Start Writing Week 5: IKEA edition
Random household chores got in my way this week. Part of those chores involved two trips to IKEA and two nights assembling furniture. That said, I think most of that stuff is done and I can finish out...
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Shut Up and Start Writing Week 6: The Home Stretch
We have hit the home stretch. Much like a runner in the Olympics, it is time to hit our “kick” and sprint to the finish. This is the last week of our summer writing group so let’s get as much as we can...
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Shut Up and Start Writing
Time for final check in. We’ve done this for six weeks now and I hope it’s been helpful. It seems that most of us are interested in keeping this going so here’s what I’m thinking. Let’s keep this going...
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On Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Birthday: Beginnings and Endings
Tomorrow marks Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birthday. Vivekananda haunts me. He was a man who meant and continues to mean many things to many people. But for me, Vivekananda will always represent a limit...
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Hindoos, Hindus, Spelling, and Theory
What is the relationship between spelling and theory? I often tell people my research is about “Hinduism in nineteenth century America.” But it’s really not. It’s not about Hinduism at all. It can’t be...
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Shut Up and Start Writing Week 6: The Home Stretch
We have hit the home stretch. Much like a runner in the Olympics, it is time to hit our “kick” and sprint to the finish. This is the last week of our summer writing group so let’s get as much as we can...
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Shut Up and Start Writing
Time for final check in. We’ve done this for six weeks now and I hope it’s been helpful. It seems that most of us are interested in keeping this going so here’s what I’m thinking. Let’s keep this going...
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