De lurking

Tomorrow I'm driving from Toronto across the border to my campus, and the next day I'm having the oral defense of my field examination.

The exams were scheduled a few weeks later than I wanted. My wheels spinning, I jumped into proposal writing and unblocked a huge clog in my brain. Even my husband started thinking more clearly! I'm excited about the work I'm about to start and glad to have a place to share it.

I'm eager to continue the momentum I've gathered when my exams are finally over, so I've joined a writing club, started a blog and joined DBC. All the work I do is long-distance, in absentia, gypsy style like the example set by my mentors and most of my peers. I enjoy a pretty great community of virtual support, but I seek face time mostly at the shoe museum in Toronto where I volunteer in my free time. I had the idea that it would be advantageous to stay in the practice of talking to people.

Thank for inviting me to join the blog. I'm doing a project about 18th c British literary inscription and graffiti (glass writing, epitaphs, stuff). I'm in the English Dept. and tend to ogle the Visual and Cultural Studies Dept. down the hall.

I really hope to get some feedback from someone in the know about ways to approach the topic of women writing and images of women writing. I need a good feminist methodology for one of my first chapters/conference papers. I'd be happy to exchange drafts in a few weeks with anyone whose writing might tip me off to the ins and outs of research about women writing.

So, that's me. Happy to meet all over you. Have a great summer and keep close to your fans.