tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404056807161357402.post750265514774831188..comments2023-05-15T08:51:12.031-04:00Comments on Love and Disdain: When am I expecting?Dr. Kosharyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404056807161357402.post-36700284981422699622011-08-18T17:13:12.410-04:002011-08-18T17:13:12.410-04:00I have no wisdom to add beyond these two, but I wi...I have no wisdom to add beyond these two, but I will also say that extensions are pretty much expected among our reputedly deadline-flaky fraternity.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404056807161357402.post-9905829421086425342011-08-18T13:05:23.123-04:002011-08-18T13:05:23.123-04:00Just read what Sisyphus said and I agree: it depen...Just read what Sisyphus said and I agree: it depends on how long it takes you to draft the chapters and polish them. So if it's two years, then it's two years! <br /><br />But I don't know if I would send a prospectus YET if it were two years from completion...might be worth it to wait in that case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404056807161357402.post-29561463988921775372011-08-18T13:00:55.839-04:002011-08-18T13:00:55.839-04:00Ok...take a deep breath. Everything is going to b...Ok...take a deep breath. Everything is going to be ok. <br /><br />1. It's halfway done. You aren't starting from scratch. That's big because you already have momentum and direction. So take a moment and celebrate that. *woohoo*<br />2. Teaching a full load is admittedly a challenge BUT you CAN work on your manuscript. You just need to commit to working on it steadily (weekends, office hours, etc...whenever you can grab the time). It will be worth it when everything is said and done. <br />3. You could say the end of the academic year, or you could say a year from now (maybe August 1st). I'd go for the latter: if you put a year in your prospectus--that gives you next summer as well to finish up! <br />4. Finally, deadlines change--publishers don't love it but they should be willing to give you an extension if you do end up needing one, so the prospectus is a ballpark. The contract will specify a date, though--and it should be one you can live with (though on the books I've worked on, small extensions were granted with no problem).<br /><br />Best wishes--I know you can do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404056807161357402.post-36620961525215414172011-08-18T12:54:19.665-04:002011-08-18T12:54:19.665-04:00Do not eat a shotgun --- they taste terrible! Sure...Do not eat a shotgun --- they taste terrible! Surely there are better food options, even where you are.<br /><br />Ok, so you need someone who has actually gone through with this stuff to weigh in, since I did proposal stuff and then never actually revised and sent out my manuscript. <br /><br />But, I know what it's like to teach 4-4, and that feels really tiring and overwhelming. Composition classes probably are more intense in the writing and constant grading than whatever pseudologists do, but you are going to have to come up with some sort of lecture or assignment or activity for your classes each day they meet, and this can take up a lot of time (and it can take up more time than it should, too, since there's this urge for perfection and whatnot, but I can let a lecture prep take up my entire non teaching day when really it should have taken maybe 2-3 hours)<br /><br />Plus you will be applying out to jobs again and that tends to suck away at one's will to live. <br /><br />So, if it's half done, will you need to write up two more chapters from scratch? Do you think you can draft out each chapter one per semester, or will it take longer than that? A year to draft one chapter, the summer to draft the next, and later still to work them up into a polished state?<br /><br />Now that I think about it, maybe playing with a big general to do list and a calendar will help you. Make a list of what you want to do to change the book manuscript and start estimating how many weeks for each item on the list. Then you can start assessing whether these items are really doable on a 4-4 load etc.<br /><br />And this is not meant to be depressing at all!!! You can do it! Go, go, go!!!!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com