Five minutes ago, I finished the last of the edits on the introduction and the chapters. These include several rounds of revisions, based on my own ideas, and the readings of Grad School Best Friend M., Clio's Disciple (an old friend and new blogger), and ID.
And two minutes ago, I e-mailed the whole lot to two senior people in my field who have generously agreed to read and comment on the whole thing.
There is more to do, certainly. I need to double-check all my references, and I need to write a conclusion. I will need to incorporate the suggestions that I get from these two readers. And, of course, I will ultimately need to convince my first-choice publisher that this is, in fact, a book worth publishing.
But for right now, I feel happy, a little bit nervous... and actually proud of myself. With two weeks to spare in my fellowship year, I have a manuscript that I'm not embarrassed to show people.
9 comments:
Right on, Notorious! Time to celebrate, I think.
Alan! Hey, good to hear from you! Wow, this reminds me: now that I have a manuscript, maybe I can take some time to pick up the camera again?
HOTT! Woo hoo!
Woo hoo! You rock!
--Grad School Best Friend M.
(not an unwieldy pseudonym at all!)
Congratulations! Well done!
I've been lurking on your site for a few months -- I've found it really helpful to follow your progress as I've been working on my own book project. Congratulations, and thank you so much -- you give me hope!
That's great--and those senior scholars are indeed very generous. You can then ask them to blurb the finished product!
Congratulations! That is very exciting.
Way 2 Go!!!
Woo-hoo!
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