[ACADEMIC] Preparations for Submissions
Feb. 3rd, 2005 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldBet no one counted on seeing that tag again. So far as I can tell from a quick Google, I last used it back in May.
One thing that I never did while a student enrolled at an institution of higher education was try to submit a work of mine to a journal for publication, or to a conference for presentation. This wasn't because I was incapable of composing a work worthy of submission, since I know that I write and research rather nicely, and I know that the results can be rather good. How else to explain the fact that, as of April 2003, my Honours English essay earned me the highest mark ever assigned to anyone who completed that program at UPEI? Rather, it was an excessive timidity that presented itself to me (or that I presented to myself) as a desire to avoid pride.
I've finished my formal participation in academia, at least for the time being. Who knows what I'll be doing in two years time? Despite that lapse in my formal membership, I think that I still have things to contribute; and, the results from my post to the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
toronto community have been quite encouraging.
I'll shortly finish preparing the analytical chapters of my Honours English thesis for web publication at Athabasca University's Canadian Writers Web Pages. I've also selected what I think are my strongest papers from my undergraduate years for possible future upgrading and preparation for publication and/or presentation. I might try to recruit the help of readers, or I might not. Things are still up in the air.
We'll see how this goes.
One thing that I never did while a student enrolled at an institution of higher education was try to submit a work of mine to a journal for publication, or to a conference for presentation. This wasn't because I was incapable of composing a work worthy of submission, since I know that I write and research rather nicely, and I know that the results can be rather good. How else to explain the fact that, as of April 2003, my Honours English essay earned me the highest mark ever assigned to anyone who completed that program at UPEI? Rather, it was an excessive timidity that presented itself to me (or that I presented to myself) as a desire to avoid pride.
I've finished my formal participation in academia, at least for the time being. Who knows what I'll be doing in two years time? Despite that lapse in my formal membership, I think that I still have things to contribute; and, the results from my post to the
toronto community have been quite encouraging. I'll shortly finish preparing the analytical chapters of my Honours English thesis for web publication at Athabasca University's Canadian Writers Web Pages. I've also selected what I think are my strongest papers from my undergraduate years for possible future upgrading and preparation for publication and/or presentation. I might try to recruit the help of readers, or I might not. Things are still up in the air.
We'll see how this goes.
