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Elusive Presence – Chapter Summaries

Posted on June 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Below are the chapter summaries for my book project Elusive Presence: How Images Make Themselves. Preface ~ Eight Parables on How Images Makes Themselves Felt The book opens with eight short parables. Each is about a particular experience with an … Continue reading →

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Elusive Presence – First Update

Posted on June 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Using Stuart Elden’s format for sharing the progress made during the writing of his current book project, I will be sharing updates on my book project Elusive Presence: How Images Make Themselves Felt every month or more. My plan is … Continue reading →

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Seven upgrade strategies for a problematic article or chapter

Posted on March 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Some interesting writing and publishing advice here. Here’s the heavily compressed version: Do one thing well. Flatten the structure. Say it once, say it right. Try paragraph re-planning. Make the motivation clearer. Strengthen the argument…

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Not So Good: AcWriMo Day Five and Six Report

Posted on November 7, 2014 by troyrhoades

After having an awesome day four of Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo), my writing took a slump for the next two days. I only got 49 words written on day five and 224 words on day six. Neither of these days … Continue reading →

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Awesome Day! AcWriMo Report Day 4

Posted on November 5, 2014 by troyrhoades

I had a great working day yesterday, blowing my daily goal out of the water. I wrote 6292 words yesterday. That is an incredible number for me because a good day is usually around 500 words. I completed the job … Continue reading →

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AcWriMo Day Two and Three Report

Posted on November 4, 2014 by troyrhoades

The start of this year’s Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) is so far the best one yet for me. I am feeling very focused and I am writing more words per day than I usually do (except when I am specifically … Continue reading →

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AcWriMo Day One Report

Posted on November 2, 2014 by troyrhoades

I stated Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) well. I reached my daily goal of writing 300 words per day on weekends by writing 350 words. I also completed an abstract for a special issue of the journal Wi: A Journal of … Continue reading →

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AcWriMo and My Goals for the Month

Posted on November 2, 2014 by troyrhoades

So November started yesterday, which means there are hundreds of academics writing like mad because it is Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo). Currently in its fourth incarnation, ACWriMo is the brainchild of Charlotte Frost, founder of PhD2Published.It is an excellent way … Continue reading →

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How Much Should Graduate Students Publish?

Posted on October 6, 2014 by troyrhoades

There is a great debate about how much graduate students should be publishing in the comments section of this post in the philosophy news blog Daily Nous. Enjoy!

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The positives of PhD parenting

Posted on September 23, 2014 by troyrhoades

This is a great post from the “The Thesis Whisper” about balancing being a PhD student and a parent of young children. The Thesis Whisperer As I’ve noted before, PhD parenting can be difficult. But do we sometimes ignore the … Continue reading →

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