Get my article published

It was sort of accepted, but they want so much more, so much new stuff, that I do not want to continue with them. I’ve done some more experiments, so now I am writing for 1.15h twice a week on the newer stuff, incorporating it, and I’ll send that out at the end of spring.

January 18th makes the 6 month anniversary of my submission—I’ll withdraw it and resubmit WITHOUT DELAY then if I’ve not heard yay or nay by then.

I wrote email after email with no answer, and finally wrte to the editor’s school address. They claim server problems, and I doubt it, but they said they’d try and get it reviewed promptly. We’ll see.

I’ve just discovered that I submitted this paper to a journal of black holes, meaning they do not verify that they have received it nor do they answer email queries about submissions. Oh well, I’ll have to withdraw it and submit elsewhere. In other news, I have formed a writing group, whereby we report to each other each week how many minutes we wrote that week.

now, I wait to hear what the reviewers think.

I am sinking deep into this writing business, and I now remember what there is to enjoy about it. I keep adjusting sentences, again and again, to get them perfect. And, I think of sly little ways to keep my reader entertained. (After all, it is scientific writing: pretty dry!)

to getting that job I speak of elsewhere on the list.

July 22nd to my writing group. I’m going to have to work when I get home…it’s good to have deadlines, though.

I can’t even find time to open the files in my computer. I am setting a new goal, one that is a subgoal of this one. think: baby steps.

I have four articles sitting in my computer that I need to revise to submit for publication in the tenure process. With adorable kids, a partner, a new teaching job, it’s hard to find time to think! Things are slow going, but at least during the summer I am finding time to work on it. I have experienced nasty rejections from peer reviewed articles before, so I am hoping for something less scary this time.