gillpolack @ 2013-07-22T10:45:00
Today I'm full of gifts and goodness. That's the kind of timelord I am, it seems. (and you get a guest post tomorrow: more goodness!)
Let me start at a type of beginning (not the very beginning, for it's too long ago and that would make a very long blogpost). When I was assessed to see whether I was capable of doing the new PhD, I was asked to send some of my previous writing so that the panel could make an informed decision. I asked my supervisor which pieces and it came to a fairly hefty package. I was very surprised when it was all returned to me, and I'm still surprised when I run into someone from that panel at a conference. "I really liked this paper," or "I enjoyed your novel."
The package was partly made of originals, but (because I didn't realise they would all be returned, being too used to a world where originals get eaten by process) some of the shorter pieces (where I only had my author copy or which were e-published, mainly) were copies. Some are from fanzines, some are from industry journals and some are more serous scholarship. I stopped the list at ten items, but all the others are still in print anyhow, so if you're interested, tell me and I'll put a bit of a bibliography on my blog or update the one on my website (or both!). Mind you, my bibliographies are never complete. I'm much better at doing bibliographies for almost anyone else than I am at making my own.
I put them in a pile, along with one Government report I did in 1992. Then I thought "My friends need something to celebrate with. Why not these?"
I'll list them here. Anyone may have any single one of these unless they live in Canberra (for if you live in Canberra, then the originals are at your doorstep and besides, we can meet for coffee). Speak up quickly, for I'm going to do a post office run on Wednesday after class. That's Tuesday in most of your timezones. If you want to play safe, give me a list in order of preference - I don't actually object to anyone getting more than one - I just want to give you all a fair go.
First in best served - tell me which piece/s you'd like and email me an address (which will be disposed of promptly, afterwards, unless you tell me firmly that you want me to put it in my address book - for yes, I am going back to having an address book, when I get time to set one up). You don't have to know me right now to want one of these, for we might become friends in the future and this is all about timelordship. There is, however, only one copy of each. These are historical copies, after all, and it would quite spoil the fun to make duplicates.
The list is:
1. "Simon Brown: An Overview" from Steam Engine Time 8
2. "Geoff Ryman's Realities" from Steam Engine Time 9
3."How fiction writers use the Middle Ages" AntiTHESIS May 2005
4."Conceptualising the Past" from Historicising the Historical Novel, Working Papers on the Web, 2006
5."The appeal of the short story" Steam Engine Time 7
6."How Not to Hate Research. Truly." SF and Fantasy Workshop 2005
7."An Exploration of Jewish Fairytales" Fables and Reflections 2005
8."A Jewish King Arthur? A Brief Introduction to Medieval Jewish Arthurian Literature." The Grail Quest Papers 2000
9."Modern Feminism and the Medieval Arthurian Romance - a Reflection" Once and Future: Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature c 2000
10. Government Response to the Report of the Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training: 'Come in Cinderella - the Emergence of Adult and Community Education' 1992
ETA: I can write messages on these papers if you desire. I do not recommend it, however, for my writing is still illegible. This answers one of the questions about handwriting - getting a second doctorate doesn't fix the problems created by the first.
ETA2: To make things a bit easier, I'm crossing things off the list as they're asked for.
Let me start at a type of beginning (not the very beginning, for it's too long ago and that would make a very long blogpost). When I was assessed to see whether I was capable of doing the new PhD, I was asked to send some of my previous writing so that the panel could make an informed decision. I asked my supervisor which pieces and it came to a fairly hefty package. I was very surprised when it was all returned to me, and I'm still surprised when I run into someone from that panel at a conference. "I really liked this paper," or "I enjoyed your novel."
The package was partly made of originals, but (because I didn't realise they would all be returned, being too used to a world where originals get eaten by process) some of the shorter pieces (where I only had my author copy or which were e-published, mainly) were copies. Some are from fanzines, some are from industry journals and some are more serous scholarship. I stopped the list at ten items, but all the others are still in print anyhow, so if you're interested, tell me and I'll put a bit of a bibliography on my blog or update the one on my website (or both!). Mind you, my bibliographies are never complete. I'm much better at doing bibliographies for almost anyone else than I am at making my own.
I put them in a pile, along with one Government report I did in 1992. Then I thought "My friends need something to celebrate with. Why not these?"
I'll list them here. Anyone may have any single one of these unless they live in Canberra (for if you live in Canberra, then the originals are at your doorstep and besides, we can meet for coffee). Speak up quickly, for I'm going to do a post office run on Wednesday after class. That's Tuesday in most of your timezones. If you want to play safe, give me a list in order of preference - I don't actually object to anyone getting more than one - I just want to give you all a fair go.
First in best served - tell me which piece/s you'd like and email me an address (which will be disposed of promptly, afterwards, unless you tell me firmly that you want me to put it in my address book - for yes, I am going back to having an address book, when I get time to set one up). You don't have to know me right now to want one of these, for we might become friends in the future and this is all about timelordship. There is, however, only one copy of each. These are historical copies, after all, and it would quite spoil the fun to make duplicates.
The list is:
1. "Simon Brown: An Overview" from Steam Engine Time 8
2. "Geoff Ryman's Realities" from Steam Engine Time 9
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Government Response to the Report of the Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training: 'Come in Cinderella - the Emergence of Adult and Community Education' 1992
ETA: I can write messages on these papers if you desire. I do not recommend it, however, for my writing is still illegible. This answers one of the questions about handwriting - getting a second doctorate doesn't fix the problems created by the first.
ETA2: To make things a bit easier, I'm crossing things off the list as they're asked for.
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