Ask the Author: Karin Bodewits
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Karin Bodewits
Just do it! Send a story to several magazines and see what kind of feedback you get. :)
Karin Bodewits
I get inspired by my work. I am working with academics on all career levels (PhD to professor) and I try to stay close to their personal stories. With a humorous but tragic writing style, I describe ‘academic etiquette,’ peculiarities, dependencies and uncertainties that researchers face in the academic world.
Karin Bodewits
My most recent book 'You Must Be Very Intelligent - The PhD Delusion' has been inspired by my own PhD experience as well as the stories of other students.
Karin Bodewits
I am currently writing short stories and sketching ideas for a next humorous novel on postdoc life.
Karin Bodewits
Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Karin Bodewits
I have not really faced a long writer's block yet. However, during the process of writing my novel I definitely had very unproductive days. A glass of wine in the evening helped! ;)
Karin Bodewits
To be able to live a life you are not actually living (right now).
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