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Writing: fic vs. other
Feb. 19th, 2007 10:34 amWhat I want to be writing:
Negotiating with the Dead: An SGA Independent Atlantis fic dealing with secession and the power of archives - an AU that takes place after the end of season three. The idea came to me yesterday and I really, really want to at least attempt to write it. I think it could be a cool story if I could find the right approach for it.
What I'm supposed to be writing:
An oh-so-exciting paper on some aspect of the archival reference function being transformed or challenged by new technologies. And, to make it more fun, this paper is suppposed to be written in a particular style - I'm to pretend I'm writing it as a journal article or short presentation to other professionals in the field.
What I am writing:
Lj posts. Well, to be fair, I've got two-thirds of a page of the paper done (it's a 5-10 page paper). And it's not due until 9 am tomorrow morning, so I've got hours to go, but unfortunately I do have to go to work in a couple of hours.
Maybe what I'll write about is how archival reference functions would be transformed if archivists were able to use the ATA gene to access deeper layers of data in their systems. Yeah, cuz that would go over very well indeed, I'm sure.
Yeah, this is one of those days when I really hate being in grad school and kinda wish I could just go back to being an underemployed child care teacher.
*headdesk*
Negotiating with the Dead: An SGA Independent Atlantis fic dealing with secession and the power of archives - an AU that takes place after the end of season three. The idea came to me yesterday and I really, really want to at least attempt to write it. I think it could be a cool story if I could find the right approach for it.
What I'm supposed to be writing:
An oh-so-exciting paper on some aspect of the archival reference function being transformed or challenged by new technologies. And, to make it more fun, this paper is suppposed to be written in a particular style - I'm to pretend I'm writing it as a journal article or short presentation to other professionals in the field.
What I am writing:
Lj posts. Well, to be fair, I've got two-thirds of a page of the paper done (it's a 5-10 page paper). And it's not due until 9 am tomorrow morning, so I've got hours to go, but unfortunately I do have to go to work in a couple of hours.
Maybe what I'll write about is how archival reference functions would be transformed if archivists were able to use the ATA gene to access deeper layers of data in their systems. Yeah, cuz that would go over very well indeed, I'm sure.
Yeah, this is one of those days when I really hate being in grad school and kinda wish I could just go back to being an underemployed child care teacher.
*headdesk*
