Comments on: So I got a book contract…

By: Research isn’t part of Professor Pushbutton’s job description. « More or Less Bunk

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:03:31 +0000

[...] is pretty cool).* That’s the history of the American ice and refrigeration industries which I described in this space when I first got that [...]

By: A professor-centered pedagogical world. « More or Less Bunk

A professor-centered pedagogical world. « More or Less Bunk — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:00:44 +0000

[...] two articles (that I started earlier), one conference paper (that I started from scratch), read my refrigeration manuscript at least three times to find and remove passive voice or other poor sentence constructions and have [...]

By: Neurasthenia and other stuff that I find interesting. « More or Less Bunk

Neurasthenia and other stuff that I find interesting. « More or Less Bunk — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:31:04 +0000

[...] book is out! [Not this one, this one.] It’s called Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief [...]

By: A dull, wonkish post about technology and historical research. « More or Less Bunk

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:26:03 +0000

[...] it’s just priceless. Indeed, I’m also deep in the throes of picking pictures for this book and I’ve basically had to go by memory. Next time it’s going to be different. Of [...]

By: “[Y]ou must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with…a herring.” « More or Less Bunk

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:01:07 +0000

[...] example, I am about to go into deep seclusion to polish my book manuscript for the last time before it hits the copy editor. It needs polishing because I have a bad habit of [...]

By: Jonathan Rees

Jonathan Rees — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:41:23 +0000

I was thinking along those lines, but I’m also thinking he’ll turn out to be an interesting guy.

By: Scientist

Scientist — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:10:11 +0000

I’m not a historian, so don’t put too much weight in my comment: I wondered if your project might have a broader audience if your primary focus was on the adulteration of foods – which sounds really interesting to me at least – with the biography of Harvey Wiley woven in. Just a thought.

By: RAB

RAB — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:15:58 +0000

Oh, great congratulations, Jonathan!
I hope to share this particular post with my freshmen, too, because although none of them has a book in the works, ## 2 and 4 especially are important to the development of any piece of writing, and especially one that involves research. I have said similar things to students over the years, but you say them well, and in the context of real research for a real book.
Very best wishes.