In 2014, while I was deep into reading Cressida Cowell's How to train your dragon series to my boys, I blogged about PhD theses and ocean crossings, likening the early stages to small, leaky, slow boats, and the end stages to faster, sleek racing ships. Writing can be a lot like this, as I also … Continue reading Turning your writing ship around: pushing back against individualism and isolation
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Writer, know thyself
Lao Tzu said to know others is wisdom, to know yourself is enlightenment. Enlightenment is insight, awareness, understanding; to be enlightened is to have a deeper ability to see and understand yourself, and why you behave, think, and act the way you do. It is a significant goal of humanity, to achieve an enlightened state … Continue reading Writer, know thyself
Creating bigger rooms for different bodies and beings in academia
In a small break from writing a very scary application for something I really, really want, I saw this tweet on friend's Facebook wall: This was pretty much exactly what I needed to hear, but it got me thinking a bit about all the rooms I have earned the right to be in over the … Continue reading Creating bigger rooms for different bodies and beings in academia
Not ‘that’ kind of doctor
On a flight home from a teaching block last week, there was a medical emergency on the plane. The crew, as they do in these situations, asked for a doctor to make himself or herself known (and then asked for any medical professional to come forward). A Swedish doctor sitting next to me stood up, … Continue reading Not ‘that’ kind of doctor
Publishing and thesis-ing: finding the courage of your convictions
Lovely husband and I have been talking lately about a group of new research students he is working with. He observed yesterday that part of their struggle with writing up their research projects is that they lack confidence in their claims. This got me thinking about making arguments in academic writing, and putting ideas out … Continue reading Publishing and thesis-ing: finding the courage of your convictions
