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 That's right - a mere 3 years, 8 months and 2 days after i began blogging about my attempt to write a book.....it's out! https://ac...

  https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-units-of-life/ellen-clarke/9780192857194

 I just noticed my book is already listed for presale at waterstones https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-units-of-life/ellen-clarke/9780192...

 OUP has done a superb job designing my cover! But which do you think i should choose?              

I usually prefer to start with bad news, and save something to look forward to, end on a high. But the bad news this time is kinda funny any...

So apparently I've done all I can, and now I just have to wait for the machinations of OUP's production process to play out. There h...

 https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/pers_publ/publ/PersonDetail.jsp?personId=469088930&lang=EN 

Well this blog has clearly been floundering of late. Six months with no new posts. That seems like a bad thing. It's not all bad news th...

Let me know if you're willing to comment on the draft for me! Here's the outline:

It occurred to me recently that in this 'How to finish a book' series I've tended to write mostly when I'm feeling negative ...

So another 65 days passed. And did I 'slay the beast' that I was 'hellbent' on slaying, AKA chapter 3? I did not.  Reader, I...

It's wednesday. I'm having one of those grey, lack-lustre weeks where the sky is full of sleet, my cats have become incontinent, and...

 It's been too long since my last progress report. The schedule went a bit off-piste thanks to Christmas, dry January, my standard cogni...

and inside Ellen's house,  was an orgy of late-night writing, amidst mess, noodle pots, and empty bottles of famous grouse.

72 days......that's 2.4 months. How much is a respectable amount to have written in 2.4 months? How much was I planning to have written ...

With massive relief I can report that Chapter 7 has been defeated. I slept on it, and conferred with my wonderful ex-student, Dr Will Morgan...

Reader, this is the trouble with public commitment devices.....they can be embarrassing. I was so determined to finish this chapter that i...

 Time to do some reviewing of the week, before i sign out and into parent mode till monday.  Did i meet my goals? Did it turn out as i plann...

 I've got a relatively long day at my disposal today - 9.30 till 5 - because my kids do after school club on tuesdays. Mondays are short...

 It's 9.24 on a tuesday morning. I've just got back from the school run, fed the cats and unloaded the dishwasher so i could make my...