tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post4190419581957915600..comments2023-10-28T05:29:07.535-06:00Comments on Windmill Watching: This is the "SHORT" description of what I did in my dissertation. (Reminder: diss was, like, 600 pages long. I'm competing with the fantasty people here!)SWILUAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-23092385867602775902012-10-28T02:23:29.629-06:002012-10-28T02:23:29.629-06:00Hi, Clawpan!
Parts of it are published, parts in...Hi, Clawpan! <br /><br />Parts of it are published, parts in the process of being published. There’s a big 40ish-page chunk coming out in a new textbook on “New Modes of Creative Writing Research,” for example. (I’m not entirely sure *when.* It was supposed to come out Fall 2012, but I *just* signed my author agreements and approved the final plates.) <br /><br />If you’re asking because you want to *look* at it, it’s a little trickier, though not impossible. The novel-part of it won an award from the Utah Arts Council and I maybe remember that they keep a copy available for the public. (In 2008 we—& by “we” I mean me & my agent—were about to start contract negotiations on the novel with [un-named “Big Six” publisher] but, of course, the bottom fell out of the economy and all new contracts were cancelled that year, without prejudice. So, needless to say, we didn’t even get to begin negotiations. Agent said: go forth & write new book. Which, in between cancer-crappy-surgeries I have been. Should be ready soon, I hope.) <br /><br />You used to be able to get the dissertation in its entirety from the British Library (Both digitally and in hard copy form—but unless you’re in London, I’m guessing you’d want the digital!) But then my university got in some sort of copyrights dispute with them, so the digital version isn’t available anymore. (It sux that it’s not available, but I’m on my university’s side. The BL was doing some skeevy stuff with the copyrights. Which surprised me. You’d think the Great British Library would be above such skeevy nonsense. But, no. I guess everyone is capable of it.) If the university worked out it’s dispute, though, it’s possible that it’s available. I don’t know what the status is. Haven’t checked lately.<br /><br />Someday I’d like to publish the dissertation in a book-form. (I guess most people don’t publish the dissertation in the exact form it starts in—especially not one like this!) But what I’d like to do first is test out some of the principles I found in the actual market, then maybe do another similar study, correcting for some of the problems we had the first go around. It would be great to do that with university support, hence I would need to move from part-time to full time academic work, but that could take some time! <br /><br />In the meantime, if you’re a friend of mine, I can email you something if you’re interested. Just send me an email. kerryspencer at byu dot edu. SWILUAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-13162165512309923652012-10-27T20:39:53.919-06:002012-10-27T20:39:53.919-06:00Is your dissertation published?Is your dissertation published?chednerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963974112297032614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-3355428167915057702012-02-08T07:36:15.121-07:002012-02-08T07:36:15.121-07:00You are so hot when you write academic death prose...You are so hot when you write academic death prose! (i'm her husband, people)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693333612933799387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-58296932904081357962012-02-08T04:35:54.603-07:002012-02-08T04:35:54.603-07:00AND you, Louise, have a better "voice" t...AND you, Louise, have a better "voice" than 99% of the authors out there. Just sayin'.Marty and Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-69628651703150716912012-02-07T19:06:21.908-07:002012-02-07T19:06:21.908-07:00I knew it!I knew it!Louise Plummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305804499876081623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-92226181740754336212012-02-06T19:58:31.438-07:002012-02-06T19:58:31.438-07:00Smarty smartness. :)Smarty smartness. :)Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com