Publish Dissertation

OK, maybe a major one for me. This morning, I wrote the first new words in over 2 years on my dissertation-cum-book. The words are crap - more like an e-mail than a manuscript - but I’m getting ideas down.

Still afraid it’ll suck, though.

I took the usual year off after defending my diss in 2003, but now it’s been two years, and I’m out of excuses. I’ve done the research (OK, like most people, I wouldn’t say no to just a little more research!), and am just finishing up a proposal that will serve as the basis for grant-writing, and for publishers.

This is going to require more than cosmetic revision, unfortunately. I’d like to have drafts of two fully revised chapters by the end of the year, plus a working introduction.

I’d also like to think of a snappy title. Any ideas? (C’mon… it’s more fun if I don’t tell you the topic!)