Get it Done

A good grad school friend contacted me about a week ago about setting up a virtual Writing Club. She has a couple of dissertation chapters she wants to publish, and is looking for a kick in the pants to work on them, because it's all too easy to let those things slide in the face of seemingly more immediate concerns.

I'm excited about this. I, too, have more dissertation chapters I want to publish. So far, our efforts have gotten me to open one up and work on its "to do" list.

I wish I found it this easy to establish a working relationship with people at my current university, to get the cricket writing flowing better. I *know* I could get a whole lot more done if I had just a bit more collegial structure for writing these cricket papers. It's stupidly difficult to write this stuff in isolation, and I say "stupidly difficult" because it doesn't have to be this difficult. It just has to be:

-Schedule time to write.
-Stick to the scheduled time.
-Write.
-Track writing progress.

The thing on campus is that what used to work for quiet space is now overrun with graduate students. Maybe I need to start walking over to the closest library for some new quiet space.

The other thing is figuring out how (when/if) to get feedback from my supervisors.