Thud: duellist. Also college meepery
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hawkwing_lbProgress, week ending Sat 13 Oct:
Goal/week: 2,100
New words: 2,335
(Excess carried over: 235)
Total words: 12,900
Typo du jour: if indead
This isn't counting the 20K or so I've been gradually cannibalising in the service of the new story. Cannibalised words, to trick me into thinking I'm more productive than I am.
300 words a day is a nice, easy number. Perfectly manageable, even with everything else. And still enough to (with luck) turn out a draft of this bugger within the next ten months or so.
Current reading includes Oswyn Murray, Early Greece (and boy does the man have preconceptions, if not prejudices, about 'primitive' versus 'civilised' societies) and Paul Cartledge, Sparta: An Epic History (in love with the Spartan myth, but making the attempt to be fair and balanced). Neither, yet, assigned reading, but I comfort myself with the thought that it's best to be prepared.
My future involves close readings of Amos and Jeremiah, an Anchor Biblical Dictionary, and yet more readings in the history of Ancient Greece.
Fortunately (and man am I fortunate), I read at least one of the main texts for one of my courses over the summer. Though I did not know this at the time. So having a broad familiarity with Marc van de Mieroop's A History of the Ancient Near East, I believe I shall refuse to panic about re-reading him in more detail.
I do like the Blackwell History of the Ancient World series so far, though. They're clearly organised and well-presented, and they dry out quickly when you're caught out in a rainstorm with one. Which is always a plus. The only downside is that they're about A4 size, which makes them not exactly optimum travel reading, but that's a really, really minor complaint.
Goal/week: 2,100
New words: 2,335
(Excess carried over: 235)
Total words: 12,900
Typo du jour: if indead
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12,900 / 100,000 (12.9%) |
This isn't counting the 20K or so I've been gradually cannibalising in the service of the new story. Cannibalised words, to trick me into thinking I'm more productive than I am.
300 words a day is a nice, easy number. Perfectly manageable, even with everything else. And still enough to (with luck) turn out a draft of this bugger within the next ten months or so.
Current reading includes Oswyn Murray, Early Greece (and boy does the man have preconceptions, if not prejudices, about 'primitive' versus 'civilised' societies) and Paul Cartledge, Sparta: An Epic History (in love with the Spartan myth, but making the attempt to be fair and balanced). Neither, yet, assigned reading, but I comfort myself with the thought that it's best to be prepared.
My future involves close readings of Amos and Jeremiah, an Anchor Biblical Dictionary, and yet more readings in the history of Ancient Greece.
Fortunately (and man am I fortunate), I read at least one of the main texts for one of my courses over the summer. Though I did not know this at the time. So having a broad familiarity with Marc van de Mieroop's A History of the Ancient Near East, I believe I shall refuse to panic about re-reading him in more detail.
I do like the Blackwell History of the Ancient World series so far, though. They're clearly organised and well-presented, and they dry out quickly when you're caught out in a rainstorm with one. Which is always a plus. The only downside is that they're about A4 size, which makes them not exactly optimum travel reading, but that's a really, really minor complaint.
