And I do the same job as others who already have PhDs....
We do exactly the same stuff...but they get paid more.

Ah well, we'll all get the sack before long - no one will be going to Uni anymore.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 14:56, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Good luck with the novel then
I didn't know it'd count as a PhD for you, but seems much better than 3 years doing research and a VIVA.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:01, Reply)

I've already worked for two years on it
I know of other members of staff who don't have PhDs but are HoD and have a reasonable publishing history behind them. My pub history is a bit half-arsed imo.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:05, Reply)

I can improve your pub history!
What about next Sat?

Seriously, I hope you get the time to do it and that it gets published.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:07, Reply)

The only difference between published and unpublished writers is
perseverance.

Honestly.
How else do we explain Jeffrey Archer?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:10, Reply)

Hahaha!
No idea who he is, but I bet he's bad :)

Then, there you are, go on for it!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:18, Reply)

http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/site/
It's bad. Really bad.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:32, Reply)

Well, that's good
that means you can publish too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:41, Reply)

These days anyone can be published
Getting a good publisher is a different matter - a lot is to do with being in the right place at the right time and proper research. Sending a ms to someone who matches what you do, for example.
But first I need to finish writing the bloody thing. I'm about 40,000 words in. 20k has been redrafted again and again but now I've expanded it it'll all need redoing.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 15:53, Reply)

Does it make a difference
for your work which publisher you choose? What's the book about?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 16:05, Reply)

Oh god yes!
No point sending a thriller to someone who only publishes academic text books, for example.
The book is...dare I say it...literary fiction.
*ponces*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 16:07, Reply)