Have you ever been in that situation where you know you had perfect evidence for something, but you either can’t remember quite exactly what it was, or quite where you found it. But you really need it. And you remember that it was probably in a book that you read a week or so ago,ContinueContinue reading “Day 12 – One-touch is all it takes”
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Day 10 – “I can get them for you in a couple of weeks”
Roadblock… there are two really key documents that I need to read before I can really say that I’ve covered everything I need in my background work. Unfortunately, they’re in Paris, and I don’t have an electronic copy in my (vast, but sadly missing in this case!) electronic archive. I have a colleague there whoContinueContinue reading “Day 10 – “I can get them for you in a couple of weeks””
Day 9 – Invasion of the ‘more’
It was inevitable that it should happen at some point, but I’ve started this morning assailed by the conviction that anything that I write will be reductive, and that I really need to include more (and more, and more, and more) information. This isn’t driven by a desire to show off… actually, possibly the opposite.ContinueContinue reading “Day 9 – Invasion of the ‘more’”
Day 8 – Tightening the focus
After nearly two weeks of reading – specifically revisiting known material and finding some new information, I’ve probably got enough to start planning out a structure to the article. In fact, I paused on day 6 (after the dishwasher, and the birds) to write a brief outline. That held yesterday as I was dipping moreContinueContinue reading “Day 8 – Tightening the focus”
Welcome to the Garage of Books
Set up specifically for the 2024 Academic Writing Programme at the University of Bristol. I’ll be using this blog as a place to share material and thinking related to the AWP (from now, until mid-June). I’ll also share something of my own writing practice during that period so as to (inevitably) show that it’s notContinueContinue reading “Welcome to the Garage of Books”
The Garage of Books 