{"id":9638,"date":"2014-11-17T08:15:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T21:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2021-08-30T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T06:53:41","slug":"why-am-i-even-doing-this-being-studied-at-routledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/why-am-i-even-doing-this-being-studied-at-routledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Even Doing This & Being Studied at Routledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RoutledgeZenaShapter\"<\/a>\"mStories\"<\/a>This week I\u2019m over at Routledge, being studied in a paper about social semiotics. It’s a continuation of the mStories project, for which I wrote my flash fiction story The Voice<\/em> (click here<\/a> to read for free!). The paper is by Jessica K Frawley and Laurel E Dyson from the School of Software in the Faculty of Engineering & IT at the University of Technology, where Jessica has been taking the exploration of semiotics and the praxis of user-generated mobile stories to a whole new level! Read more about their study by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over on the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild blog, I’ve been talking about handling end of novel blues…<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you\u2019ve been working on a novel for a while \u2013\u00a0maybe a year or two, fitting it in between work, life and kids. Now you\u2019re approaching its end\u2026 you\u2019re past the novel\u2019s climax and you\u2019re starting to wind everything up\u2026 You should feel elated. Yay \u2013 your novel is almost done! Finally!<\/em><\/p>\n

Hold on, what\u2019s that? You don\u2019t feel elated? Instead, you feel down\u2026 and don\u2019t know why? You find yourself thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy am I even doing this?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis novel is a load of rubbish \u2013 why am I bothering?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy have I wasted all this time?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is going to buy this!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever felt that way when you’re halfway through a project, or even at its end? Then click here<\/a> to find out what to do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I\u2019m over at Routledge, being studied in a paper about social semiotics. It’s a continuation of the mStories project, for which I wrote my flash fiction story The Voice (click here to read for free!). The paper is by Jessica K Frawley and Laurel E Dyson from the\u2026<\/p>\n

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