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| What was I thinking? | January 13, 2009 | This: “As the section following this one outlines…” Or this: “As the following section outlines….” What was I thinking? Or not thinking? Awkward turns of phrase everywhere. |
| "all our operators are busy at the moment" | January 9, 2009 | In spite of my very best efforts to procrastinate again today (coffee, morning tea, lunch,twitter, facebook, listening to the radio), there has been some progress in the “writing of the book from the thesis department”. (note: this is not a real government department, however it does exist for real in my mind. Although…..it is frequently […] |
| “all our operators are busy at the moment” | In spite of my very best efforts to procrastinate again today (coffee, morning tea, lunch,twitter, facebook, listening to the radio), there has been some progress in the “writing of the book from the thesis department”. (note: this is not a real government department, however it does exist for real in my mind. Although…..it is frequently […] |
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| An encouraging "no" | January 2, 2009 | Just received a very encouraging “no” to my Arrested Development paper that I had sent to The Velvet Light Trap. That’s okay. Until a week or so ago, I had actually forgotten I sent it. And unlike some journals they took the time to give some very useful, lengthy constructive criticism, praising some aspects of […] |
| An encouraging “no” | Just received a very encouraging “no” to my Arrested Development paper that I had sent to The Velvet Light Trap. That’s okay. Until a week or so ago, I had actually forgotten I sent it. And unlike some journals they took the time to give some very useful, lengthy constructive criticism, praising some aspects of […] |
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| fear not (as if) | December 10, 2008 | It’s been a little while since I posted an update on the book. Fear not, good people, this does not mean there has been no progress. In fact I managed to stick to my thirty or so pages a day in editing and actually finished getting through the whole thing yesterday. As with all writing, […] |
| fear not (as if) | It’s been a little while since I posted an update on the book. Fear not, good people, this does not mean there has been no progress. In fact I managed to stick to my thirty or so pages a day in editing and actually finished getting through the whole thing yesterday. As with all writing, […] |
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| Making plans and doing the sums | November 21, 2008 | I have been doing some sums this morning. If I am going on official holidays on December 15th this means I have about three weeks to get through my book edits once more if I am to holiday without it hanging over my head. So if I have about three hundred pages still to get […] |
| looking forward | September 18, 2008 | I have made some progress in the last week or so on “the book” and now see the need (and the potential) for another chapter that looks at We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High. I think this may cement further he discussion of the comic as resistance, as well as draw together the […] |
| so funny | September 12, 2008 | “Actualise the virtuality of the comic in everyday life” thesis…p. 279. I can’t believe I left that sentence in. I still like it though. |