J P Smythe’s Website.

I can’t pretend that I have the time for blogs at the moment.  This is terrible, I know: I am neglecting the thing that has really driven the reason that I am neglecting it.In other words,  the thesis that I am doing about blog fiction has stopped me writing my blog.  I am weeks away – less, if I admit how scared I am – from submitting.  My Viva panel has been decided and my forms are right in front of me.  The Critical Component/Commentary thing has taken my very soul, and I fear I might never get it back.  I’m ten thousand words over the word limit in both sections and I don’t know how to cut them back.  So, this – this thing here – I don’t really have the time for.  So I’m going to point you in the direction of some things and you can see how you feel about them.   The Booker Prize entrants are going to be digitized for everyone to get for free for a lot of money. Interesting article about whether the net is good for writers.  Were the Hardy Boys gay? An article over on Novelr about increasing readability on the net: is this why people don’t read blog fiction?  At some point I’ll pop back on and update about the PhD progress, and also start to diversify what I writer about: looking more at literature as a whole is the first step, with some articles based around my recent experiences teaching – and workshopping – Creative Writing at University level. 

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