This is just a thread for today. I've had a bad start to the day... various sources of stress, work, family, department.. but am determined to clear my head and work on a chapter that needs to be finished today so i can move on to the next one. who else has had a rubbish day and is gonna be working between 4pm and late tonight? maybe we can cheer each other on? am determined to finish soon and can't stop writing just because i have had a bad day. i have learnt that if i want to finish, i can't stop for anything.. i have to do what i had planned each day.

J. off to clear my head. :-)

i will definitely give the story thing a go. it could be what will revive both me and this work.. i have put in two quotes so far.. :-) ... tomorrow with be spend looking for that ground breaking story! still looking for that elusive graph.

good idea. will do that tonight. :-) you've given me something to look forward to.

hmmm.. where do you get some funky quotes? are there any websites?

Congratulations Dr. Lara!! You give me hope to carry on and finish despite all the ups and downs. am sooo happy for you!!
:-)(up)

Nichola and Sneaks - thanks for the ideas! they're brilliant!!!

i will start looking for quotes and pictures. probably some clever graphs to break the monotony.. sigh. thanks.(up)(up)

obviously that is meant to be .. i then do my discussion..

hello everyone,

hope everyone is doing well. am well... in the final stages of writing.

am wondering are your chapters all interesting? my case studies (2 of the 7 chapters) are really boring as all they do is describe and then do my discussion in a separate chapter. is this normal? i have tried bringing them to life but this seems impossible without getting too analytical.

any tips?

am so glad there's someone else working!!! have to work Friday included to meet an end of the month target. :-( anyway... we'll get there. eventually. will press on. thanks.

anyone working tonight? i have a week to polish two chapters and start my last chapter. will have to work some late nights. anyone else working late?

thanks Bilbo. i wish that was an option. am actually publishing so that i can get other opinions on my work. my supervisor doesn't give feedback that often. it can take months.. which i don't have.

thanks for your contributions. i think its safest just to mention that am a phd student at a certain department. i don't have to mention my supervisor..

my supervisor hasn read this coz am still coming up with that first draft.:$

thanks for posting this. i needed to hear this.

hello, i would like to send part of my work for publication. generally it is ok for me to publish as sole author as i am in the faculty of humanities. my problem is that am not sure what i should write in the affiliation section to convey that this work is part of my phd, without implying that my supervisor has contributed to it because it is work he hasn't read, whilst acknowledging that he is my supervisor and this work is a part of the work he is supervising.

any helpful phrases?

Walmsinski and Eska - am very sorry to hear about your losses. its encouraging to hear that you have not given up on life despite what its thrown at you. stay strong. this too shall pass. (am literally saying that to myself.)

Hazyjane - thanks. i feel less guilty about being unwell.

everyone else.. thanks.