January resolution review
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aryanhwyIt's the end of January, and time for me to post an update on how my New Year's Resolution is going so far:
Not bad! The first paper is one that was nominally due on Christmas, but since we didn't get the instructions for submission until Dec. 27, I didn't feel too bad that I had gotten absolutely nowhere near completing it over Christmas break. I got an extension until Jan. 15, and as soon as daycare re-opened and I could spend my days at the office, worked my butt off until it was done. It's not the best paper I've ever written. But, a bad paper which is submitted has an infinitely higher chance at being published than a good paper which is never submitted.
Which brings me to the second one. I wrote this for a conference back in April '12, and while the organizer had made noises about a proceedings volume, I'm not sure that will ever happen. I dug it out, re-read it, and realized there was basically little I needed to do before sending it off, other than find an appropriate venue (it's a little idiosyncractic. I'm still not sure what the best place for it is). I actually sent it off Jan. 9, to a generalist (but history-sympathetic) journal which promises quick response times. Quick indeed -- two weeks later it had been desk rejected. Since I wasn't sure of the fit in the first place, the rejection didn't sting too much. And I chose the next venue in line, turned around, and had it reformatted and resubmitted the next day.
The final thing doesn't really count, as it's a short invited piece for Tournaments Illuminated, only ~350 words plus some photos, but it was something which had a deadline (next Friday even), which I had to write up and send off, and which will entail a publication if not a scholarly one, so I figured I'd allow myself to put it on the list.
My next big deadline is Mar. 14 and I've actually got two papers I'd like to be able to submit to that particular conference. Both are about 2/3 of the way written; of course, it is the tricky technical parts that are left. However, I'm pretty comfortable that within 6 weeks I should be able to finish at least one of them, and have a good chance at finishing both. Then, I'll have about two weeks off before April when Birgit and I are going to meet regularly and intensively to try to write our papers for the Lumbini proceedings.
I have found over the last month that I have been much more efficient with my time while at work. Oh, I'll still fall down the rabbit hole that is JSTOR some days, and I'll take breaks to work on onomastic stuff, but not to the same extent as I had been last fall, and my threshold of what I consider sufficient progress for a given day has risen. I think both the long-term and the monthly goal-setting has been a good idea, and look forward to seeing what I can accomplish over the rest of the year.
Oh, and today is the last day of classes. Whoo! Fall semester is finally over! (I don't think I'll ever get used to the German university calendar.)
| Title | Submitted | Revision requested | Resubmitted | Accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Logic of Categorematic and Syncategorematic Infinity" | 14 January 2014 | |||
| "Modal Logic in the Metalogicon" | 24 January 2014 | |||
| "Medieval Destinations: Lumbini" | 28 January 2014 |
Not bad! The first paper is one that was nominally due on Christmas, but since we didn't get the instructions for submission until Dec. 27, I didn't feel too bad that I had gotten absolutely nowhere near completing it over Christmas break. I got an extension until Jan. 15, and as soon as daycare re-opened and I could spend my days at the office, worked my butt off until it was done. It's not the best paper I've ever written. But, a bad paper which is submitted has an infinitely higher chance at being published than a good paper which is never submitted.
Which brings me to the second one. I wrote this for a conference back in April '12, and while the organizer had made noises about a proceedings volume, I'm not sure that will ever happen. I dug it out, re-read it, and realized there was basically little I needed to do before sending it off, other than find an appropriate venue (it's a little idiosyncractic. I'm still not sure what the best place for it is). I actually sent it off Jan. 9, to a generalist (but history-sympathetic) journal which promises quick response times. Quick indeed -- two weeks later it had been desk rejected. Since I wasn't sure of the fit in the first place, the rejection didn't sting too much. And I chose the next venue in line, turned around, and had it reformatted and resubmitted the next day.
The final thing doesn't really count, as it's a short invited piece for Tournaments Illuminated, only ~350 words plus some photos, but it was something which had a deadline (next Friday even), which I had to write up and send off, and which will entail a publication if not a scholarly one, so I figured I'd allow myself to put it on the list.
My next big deadline is Mar. 14 and I've actually got two papers I'd like to be able to submit to that particular conference. Both are about 2/3 of the way written; of course, it is the tricky technical parts that are left. However, I'm pretty comfortable that within 6 weeks I should be able to finish at least one of them, and have a good chance at finishing both. Then, I'll have about two weeks off before April when Birgit and I are going to meet regularly and intensively to try to write our papers for the Lumbini proceedings.
I have found over the last month that I have been much more efficient with my time while at work. Oh, I'll still fall down the rabbit hole that is JSTOR some days, and I'll take breaks to work on onomastic stuff, but not to the same extent as I had been last fall, and my threshold of what I consider sufficient progress for a given day has risen. I think both the long-term and the monthly goal-setting has been a good idea, and look forward to seeing what I can accomplish over the rest of the year.
Oh, and today is the last day of classes. Whoo! Fall semester is finally over! (I don't think I'll ever get used to the German university calendar.)
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I envy those of you in fields where one can do so many papers so quickly
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