A quick update post
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jpskewedthroneHaven't been posting much lately because life has been busy. After Boskone, I gave an exam in all of my classes, so spent that weekend grading . . . and grading . . . and grading. My students did well overall, so I had no complaints there. It just takes so much time to grade.
Then this week I've been fretting about my interview at Lock Haven. See, I have a job at the university as an assistant professor . . . but it was only a one-year, temporary position. In the upcoming year, they have 3 position open: two tenure-track, full-time positions and one one-year temp position. I applied to all of them in the hopes that I'd get one of the tenure-track ones. I figured with 2 openings, with them knowing me already, knowing how I teach, how I interact with the department, etc, that I'd be a shoe-in for one of the positions. But I neglected to remember the hideous thing called politics. Academic institutions were founded on them, it seems. And I'm definitely not a political player. I pretty much say what I think when I think it without adding any bullshit to keep feathers from getting ruffled. And that's what I've been doing since I was hired there.
Apparently, I ruffled some feathers.
Oh well. I can't please everyone all of the time. I think my student evaluations are good, and if they can't hire me based on what kind of teacher I am . . .
In any case, I interviewed on Friday. It's not quite finished. I have to interview with one other person that I know of this coming week (I hope), and then I begin the waiting game until they make a decision.
The good news is that we have spring break coming up. I need to do my taxes, but I'm hopeful that I can also squeeze in some time to write. Either a short story (with Varis as the main character) or start book 3 (where Varis in the main character). I've got Varis on the brain lately.
Oh, and here's a short little review of The Skewed Throne, written by (I think) Will Carter, for the Richmond Time-Dispatch (March 5, 2006):
Reading Joshua Palmatier's debut novel, The Skewed Throne (338 pages, DAW Books, $23.95), is, from beginning to end, like watching a vicious knife fight. Although the plot lacks complexity, Palmatier's clean, sharp prose keeps the reader on edge.
The narrator and main character is a believable young girl, Varis, who survives by her nimble fingers and keen blade.
As the gifted young rogue navigates the Dredge, the slums of a medieval, Rome-like city, she discovers her course inevitably leads to the palace and the ancient, mysterious madness that resides there.
I certainly can't complain about that review! I need to send it to my editor. I think she'd like it.
Then this week I've been fretting about my interview at Lock Haven. See, I have a job at the university as an assistant professor . . . but it was only a one-year, temporary position. In the upcoming year, they have 3 position open: two tenure-track, full-time positions and one one-year temp position. I applied to all of them in the hopes that I'd get one of the tenure-track ones. I figured with 2 openings, with them knowing me already, knowing how I teach, how I interact with the department, etc, that I'd be a shoe-in for one of the positions. But I neglected to remember the hideous thing called politics. Academic institutions were founded on them, it seems. And I'm definitely not a political player. I pretty much say what I think when I think it without adding any bullshit to keep feathers from getting ruffled. And that's what I've been doing since I was hired there.
Apparently, I ruffled some feathers.
Oh well. I can't please everyone all of the time. I think my student evaluations are good, and if they can't hire me based on what kind of teacher I am . . .
In any case, I interviewed on Friday. It's not quite finished. I have to interview with one other person that I know of this coming week (I hope), and then I begin the waiting game until they make a decision.
The good news is that we have spring break coming up. I need to do my taxes, but I'm hopeful that I can also squeeze in some time to write. Either a short story (with Varis as the main character) or start book 3 (where Varis in the main character). I've got Varis on the brain lately.
Oh, and here's a short little review of The Skewed Throne, written by (I think) Will Carter, for the Richmond Time-Dispatch (March 5, 2006):
Reading Joshua Palmatier's debut novel, The Skewed Throne (338 pages, DAW Books, $23.95), is, from beginning to end, like watching a vicious knife fight. Although the plot lacks complexity, Palmatier's clean, sharp prose keeps the reader on edge.
The narrator and main character is a believable young girl, Varis, who survives by her nimble fingers and keen blade.
As the gifted young rogue navigates the Dredge, the slums of a medieval, Rome-like city, she discovers her course inevitably leads to the palace and the ancient, mysterious madness that resides there.
I certainly can't complain about that review! I need to send it to my editor. I think she'd like it.
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Date: 2006-03-06 02:52 am (UTC)Apparently, I ruffled some feathers.
Oh well. I can't please everyone all of the time. I think my student evaluations are good, and if they can't hire me based on what kind of teacher I am . . .
In any case, I interviewed on Friday. It's not quite finished. I have to interview with one other person that I know of this coming week (I hope), and then I begin the waiting game until they make a decision.
Oh boy, good luck, Jeff, and I mean that with all my heart. I wasn't a political animal either and I paid a heavy, heavy price for it. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't have gone into academia because of the political hassles which I realized much too late were a part of being in academia. Or at the very least, I would've kept my mouth shut.
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Date: 2006-03-06 02:53 am (UTC)