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79,800 words. 280 pages of double spaced (175 pages of single spaced) text. That’s the word and page count for my current draft of five chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion of my doctoral thesis. Chapter 5, which I’d like to be ready to send to my supervisors by next week is 12,203 words long [...]
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This is a Caris Brooke poem. Caris Brooke was the psudeonym used by Saretta Green, E.Nesbit’s half sister. It was originally published in a collection titled EasterTide published in 1888 by E.P.Dutton. BEFORE SUMMER. A GOLDEN halo floats above the hills,And Spring hath touched the crisp brown woods below,The cuckoo loudly calls, and birds build [...]
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Caris Brooke was a psuedonym used by E.Nesbit’s elder half-sister, Saretta Green. This is a poem from the Easter-tide collection from 1888. It was a collection published by E.P Dutton. DEAR Lord I have no Easter flowers to bring, No roses fresh, nor lilies dewy sweet,Yet still one offering I may gladly bear And [...]
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Dear this week, You’ve been a little deceptive thus far. You’ve snuck up on me. Here I was thinking i’d spend the whole week rewriting, but, no you’ve had other plans. While it’s been perfectly pleasant in many ways, it would have been nice to have known what you held in store. Oh, and this [...]
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So it’s been a while since i’ve written a post of my own prose. did that sound as nerdy to you as it did to me?…let’s try again, shall we?I’ve been taking one step and then another on my thesis work of late, which often really means writing one word or sentence than another. I’ll [...]
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Ramp up the Exercise – In addition to this being a positive diversionary (read: procrastination) tactic, exercise will help with your endorphin levels, and being in a better (read: braver) mood might help with the Dissertation. Write it a love letter – Try a free-writing exercise wherein you write your thesis or dissertation a [...]
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This is a song for Spring, or a Spring-song… SOFT is the ground underfoot, Soft are the skies overhead,Green is the ivy round brown hedge root,Green is the moss where we tread.Purple the woods are, and brown; The blackbird is glossy and sleek.He knows that the worms are no more kept downBy frost out [...]
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Some of you may be considering a Dissertation Coach. This is not the same as a supervisor or a proofreader. Like a Career or life coach, this is a trained professional who seeks to support you during the dissertation process. Here are ten tips to help you in the process of choosing a coach to [...]
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