Welcome to the Norahnet - my attempt to enter the blogosphere.
I hope this will become my place to let of a bit of steam, tell the world a little about what is currently interesting me but mostly I want it to get me into the writing habit. As a second year PhD student the need to produce a book length thesis is starting to become more real. The requirement to write some papers is also pressing. I'm finding the writing so tough, but as my supervisor said, "until it is written and published the research isn't complete." I'm hoping that the discipline of writing a few hundred words per week will help me develop my abilities. If, in the meantime, I provide a pleasant diversion on occasion for one or two people then that will be a real bonus.
I don't intend to have a theme for the blog but I assume some common threads will develop over time. My guess is that the main topics will include Charlie my pet beagle and astronomy especially extra-solar planets which are the subject of my research. But I hope to cover much else that interests me. My biggest worry is not finding material to write about but actually doing the writing. I kept a diary as a child over several years but looking at it now shows it to be depressingly empty. If I am to have an academic career I must develop an ability to write on demand. I hope that like regular exercise builds fitness that regular blogging will build a facility, or even a desire, for writing.
See you again soon I hope.
I hope this will become my place to let of a bit of steam, tell the world a little about what is currently interesting me but mostly I want it to get me into the writing habit. As a second year PhD student the need to produce a book length thesis is starting to become more real. The requirement to write some papers is also pressing. I'm finding the writing so tough, but as my supervisor said, "until it is written and published the research isn't complete." I'm hoping that the discipline of writing a few hundred words per week will help me develop my abilities. If, in the meantime, I provide a pleasant diversion on occasion for one or two people then that will be a real bonus.
I don't intend to have a theme for the blog but I assume some common threads will develop over time. My guess is that the main topics will include Charlie my pet beagle and astronomy especially extra-solar planets which are the subject of my research. But I hope to cover much else that interests me. My biggest worry is not finding material to write about but actually doing the writing. I kept a diary as a child over several years but looking at it now shows it to be depressingly empty. If I am to have an academic career I must develop an ability to write on demand. I hope that like regular exercise builds fitness that regular blogging will build a facility, or even a desire, for writing.
See you again soon I hope.
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