Amerikan Rambler: Writing a First Book, Part I: ABD

From May 2014: “My book took more than ten years to research, write, and edit. It began as a doctoral dissertation at LSU, which I began in the late fall of 2000, just after I had passed my general exams.”

My book took more than ten years to research, write, and edit. It began as a doctoral dissertation at LSU, which I began in the late fall of 2000, just after I had passed my general exams. I will speak for many graduate students in saying that being ABD (All But Dissertation) is the best time you will ever spend in an academic environment. Course work is over. You have perhaps more time per day than you ever will to read, write, and research a topic of your own choosing.

via Marching Masters: Thoughts on Writing a First Book, Part I (Grad School) — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story

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