Comments on: Months, Hours, Years http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/ faults | sins | abuses Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:31:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Krista http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97658 Krista Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:07:37 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97658 I have a sense that it depends on the timeliness of your topic and what your department requires. One of my advisors had a book out from Yale by her third year and wrote/co-authored/edited another one every summer after that until she reached full prof. The other advisor didn't have the book out until the winter of his sixth year, but still tenured on the strength of the contract and a slew of articles. If you're getting the articles out and keeping your name out there through conference participation and/or national service, it'll seems to help balance out a late book. But what do I know at my stage, really? I'm the one who's being told that with this Wikipedia diss topic, I'd better have a book contract in hand before graduation. I have a sense that it depends on the timeliness of your topic and what your department requires. One of my advisors had a book out from Yale by her third year and wrote/co-authored/edited another one every summer after that until she reached full prof. The other advisor didn’t have the book out until the winter of his sixth year, but still tenured on the strength of the contract and a slew of articles. If you’re getting the articles out and keeping your name out there through conference participation and/or national service, it’ll seems to help balance out a late book.

But what do I know at my stage, really? I’m the one who’s being told that with this Wikipedia diss topic, I’d better have a book contract in hand before graduation.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97657 joanna Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:11:46 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97657 Absinthe? Absinthe? Absinthe? I'll hie to my fainting couch and think about today's young military being wooed by absinthe. Oh, my. Absinthe? Absinthe? Absinthe? I’ll hie to my fainting couch and think about today’s young military being wooed by absinthe. Oh, my.

]]> By: Rob http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97599 Rob Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:50:39 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97599 Wow! I bet the topic following Absinthe was the dangers of spending one's days in opium dens. :) Must have been an amusing event to say the least. Wow! I bet the topic following Absinthe was the dangers of spending one’s days in opium dens. :) Must have been an amusing event to say the least.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97527 Margaret Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:35:47 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97527 Depends on how fast a press picks it up ... people usually describe the process as glacial, but I've heard it can also be surprisingly fast with the right project. Also depends on whether your institution asks for "published," or "contracted." Also whether you're planning to move before tenure. You probably know all that stuff. Depends on how fast a press picks it up … people usually describe the process as glacial, but I’ve heard it can also be surprisingly fast with the right project. Also depends on whether your institution asks for “published,” or “contracted.” Also whether you’re planning to move before tenure. You probably know all that stuff.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97525 Amanda Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:12:58 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/09/05/months-hours-years/#comment-97525 Absinthe? You're kidding. Can one even <em>get</em> absinthe on this side of the Atlantic? I can't really comment on the timing of your book project, but I wish you the best for it! Absinthe? You’re kidding. Can one even get absinthe on this side of the Atlantic?

I can’t really comment on the timing of your book project, but I wish you the best for it!

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