Writing Loads: What It’s Like

It’s been ages since I posted anything here. My lame excuse is that I now write for a living. With… Read more Writing Loads: What It’s Like

Academic Vanity Publishing: Why Some Things Are Too Good to Be True

As I opened my mailbox this morning, I noticed that one of my new messages carried a particularly exciting subject… Read more Academic Vanity Publishing: Why Some Things Are Too Good to Be True

Okay, I’ll be blogging about day one for US Studies Online (coming soon!) but I feel the need to add a… Read more BAAS 2017: Why It Was Ace

As we speak I’m working my way through Hogg, Samuel R. Delany’s controversial novel which depicts how a self-proclaimed “rape… Read more

With a bit more spare time on my hands, I now finally have the opportunity to catch up with my… Read more Does Academia Hate Introverts?

I’ve just sent a large chunk of writing to my supervisors (drafts of two chapters, to be precise) and feel… Read more On The Practicalities of Writing

I always like literary detective work. Even though it usually deals with tiny pieces of information it can be extremely… Read more Chasing Patrick Bateman: On the Importance of Details

I’ve just started writing my first analytical chapter on Poppy Z. Brite’s novel Lost Souls. After a lot of theoretical… Read more Nitty Gritty: On the Joys of Detail

The past few weeks have been frantic. I have worked hard to meet the deadline for the submission of my… Read more Short research update

Ouch. More than a month has passed since my last post. But going back to the UK and getting back… Read more It’s Been Too Long…