tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post600648500110295636..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: On Placement of ScholarshipDr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-4935328592733716872008-03-17T22:49:00.000-04:002008-03-17T22:49:00.000-04:00Wow. That was enlightening. Your world of profess...Wow. That was enlightening. <BR/><BR/>Your world of professional publishing is *so* far removed from the norm in physics that I think it is a miracle that university-wide tenure review committees can ever function at all. <BR/><BR/>You probably can't even imagine a field where someone might have 50 refereed publications and never had a paper not get published, just as I cannot imagine yours. Talk about C. P. Snow's two cultures!Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-12103453151094939112008-03-16T22:24:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:24:00.000-04:00Hilaire: You're welcome :) I'm glad that somethin...Hilaire: You're welcome :) I'm glad that something in what I wrote spoke to your situation and helped to alleviate some anxiety.<BR/><BR/>Virago:You're welcome, but thank you for starting the conversation! I know that you didn't intentionally limit the discussion to medievalists, and for what it's worth, I didn't actually think that you intended to make it about the "right" trifecta of journals. Indeed, sometimes conversations go in ways that we can't anticipate when we post something :) But I like that this conversation is happening, and it really *isn't* intuitive, although it is something we all think about and try to negotiate. Hurrah for blogs for serving as spaces where these conversations can happen!<BR/><BR/>Susan: I don't think it's terribly atypical, but as Gwinne's comment shows, it's also not necessarily the norm. I suppose when I posted I wanted to be careful that I didn't present it as such. But I agree: publication has been easier for me because it's been aided by strong professional networks.<BR/><BR/>Gwinne: Thanks for your comment! I was hoping somebody would leave such a one that shows that my experience isn't the only one.<BR/><BR/>Maude: Feel free to send the chapter along if you want me to look at it. Again, I probably won't know much about the specifics of what you're writing about, but it can help to have some neutral eyes to look at a thing in any case (advice I should take more myself, honestly).<BR/><BR/>As for the "pigeonholing" thing... it's a danger, I think, but only if you're not also working on other stuff. One thing I've found from my involvement in author societies is that a lot of people are involved in a number of them, and so by hooking into one professional network serves to hook you into a bunch of other ones. Now, I do know people who've suffered because of the pigeonholing thing, but these are also the people who typically write single-author dissertations. Also, beware of the fact that author society people are always wicked excited about fresh blood, and so they may try to monopolize you just because they're so excited that you like what they like. So don't hide your interest in other stuff under a bushel with them, or they'll suck you in and it's hard to break free once that happens :) (Which is why I ended up an officer in a society, actually, when I'd not really intended to be a major player in the work on the Lost in Space stuff.)<BR/><BR/>Funny thing: I don't even like sci-fi stuff. The analogy actually happened because two of the shows I referenced had links in my head to the author societies in which I'm involved. It really did work, though, didn't it? :)Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-6179293597529254652008-03-16T10:12:00.000-04:002008-03-16T10:12:00.000-04:00Interesting to read your history. It's pretty muc...Interesting to read your history. It's pretty much the opposite of mine, as I send out virtually everything "cold" to journals (I have one thing in a forthcoming collection based on networking via my diss director). Of course, each of my publications has been very different from the others (different authors, different critical approaches, etc). I suspect that will change, as I'm focusing on one major book project now.gwinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840990153103781272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-11506728598813862062008-03-16T09:38:00.000-04:002008-03-16T09:38:00.000-04:00this is great to know. it's actually due to my con...this is great to know. it's actually due to my conversations with you at MLA that i decided to send my proposal to an author society's CFP for ALA rather than just send it to the general ALA call for papers. the chair of the panel had immediately seemed impressed with my idea and the abstract, so taking a page out of your book, i thought it might be good to present myself, at least for now, as a scholar of this particular author. <BR/><BR/>i imagine in my head that this is something my diss chair would advise against, that he would consider it "pigeonholing." <BR/><BR/>but can i say that the "mentoring" you do on your blog has been more valuable to me than his six years of advising? you remind me a lot of my original chair who moved and what one of my readers could be if she weren't such a basket case.<BR/><BR/>thanks again, crazy.<BR/><BR/><3,<BR/>ml<BR/><BR/>p.s. there may be a melville chapter coming your way late tomorrow night, if the offer is still available.<BR/><BR/>thanks.<BR/><BR/>mlMaudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-34278682955713778112008-03-15T14:50:00.000-04:002008-03-15T14:50:00.000-04:00I suspect your history is more common than most. ...I suspect your history is more common than most. Especially because my work is always a little to the side (or an unconventional take) in my field, networking has been invaluable. Either the journal knows me, or someone editing a collection wants something I can give them. It works much better than sending something out cold.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-76865294283094767952008-03-15T12:26:00.000-04:002008-03-15T12:26:00.000-04:00Ooh, thanks for picking up the thread, Crazy, and ...Ooh, thanks for picking up the thread, Crazy, and for alerting me that Horace had done so as well. And thanks for the hilarious sci fi tv analogy so that this becomes a broader discussion. I didn't really mean for it to be a medievalist-only discussion, but it became that because of my real-life examples. I also didn't mean it to be a discussion of whether the journals I mentioned should be or are the "right" trifecta or not, and it kind of became that in part of the discussion. What I was really thinking about was journal vs. collections and just used that comment from JJC as a jumping off point. Ah well, that's how blogs work sometimes. But anyway, your contribution is super helpful! Thanks!!!Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-30923512066534722232008-03-15T12:22:00.000-04:002008-03-15T12:22:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting this, Dr. Crazy. It is reall...Thank you for posting this, Dr. Crazy. It is really very relevant to my current anxiety about publishing. It helps me think through some thing! Thank you.Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.com