Studying and celebrating the different.
I've been working my way through the Krakoan Age of the X-Men comics. I got through all of Dawn of X and Reign of X. I went to start Destiny of X and found no books on my Kindle. I was at work, so I just switched to Ultimate X-Men since I really should read… Continue reading Stuck in the Krakoan Age
My dissertation chair has the first complete draft of my dissertation. Most of it has been revised according to his feedback, so I'm feeling good about it. I think we're both hoping that whole thing will be done this semester. That means I can start working on other things. Like going back to my master's… Continue reading Onward and backward?
About a month ago I posted about a conference I submitted to (https://deviatefromnorm.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/a-glitch-in-the-system/). I got the e-mail that my proposal was accepted!!! This is really exciting for me. One, it gives me something else to work on in addition to the dissertation (and will hopefully inspire more work on the dissertation). Two, I really feel… Continue reading Oracle accepted!
Recently I saw a call for papers for the Comic Study Society. I am a founding member of CSS and I see the annual calls for presenters for the annual conference. Usually it's more of the fact that I can't afford to go, commonly combined with the theme not speaking to me. I saw this… Continue reading A Glitch in the System
I posted last night about having writers and editors block about a couple of things, including the dissertation. For the side Idol project, I decided to pull out my blank article outline in Word and start thinking about it from that perspective. It worked. An empty outline that needed defining allowed me to really think… Continue reading “Twang!”
As usual, I went to DragonCon this year. I'm just starting to get my brain back in working order. I think a solid night's sleep will do the trick. But, it has helped me focus when it comes to my research. I went to a decent amount of the C+PAC panels this year and the… Continue reading Circling Back to the X-Men
(insert fanfare here) I have met my NaNoWriMo 2021 goals! The only badge I didn't get was the one for hitting "Daily Par" every day. Mostly due to the fact that I recently discovered I set the wrong end date, so some days were a little under. But this is better than I've ever done… Continue reading Reaching the end of NaNoWriMo 2021
Yesterday when I was sitting down to do my daily NaNoWriMo work, I noticed that I really need to pay some attention to the sections I've been creating and how jumbled they are. It's hard to figure out what to write when it's not easy for me to tell what I've already written. Like, I… Continue reading Forming Blocks
Another week, another chunk done, another realization. I admit, I was starting to lose steam a little this week. I was wondering if letting those shiny badges drive me was a good idea. I could not add a word for a day and still be on target for the 10,000 words by the 30th. Then… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Week 3
It's the end of week 2 of #NaNoWriMo and I'm more than halfway to my goal for the month! Like I said earlier this week, I'm trying to do more than just a brain dump when I do my daily writing. But I realized today I was worrying too much about how what I'm writing will all tie together.
Deviate from the Norm 