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I’ve spoken with one of my favorite professors about this. He cautions heavily against placing the pressure of publication on your first novel. He says that in any other career, we wouldn’t expect our first attempt to be worthy of anything—recognition, publication, etc. Think of most musician’s first songs, most painter’s first paintings, or most... See more

Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

By

Jason Marc Harris

The Melancholy of Resistance

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Childlessness, fertili ty and infertility still defines women and their achievements In Britain -whether after higher education in 1913, as a Cabinet Minister in the 1960s or to be Prime Minister in 2016. Researching eugenics and its co nsequences, including enforced sterilisati on, shortly after I found that I was infertile made me vividly... See more

17 Pamela Gerrish Nunn (1987), Victorian W omen A rtists. London: The Women's Press, 45. 18 Deborah Cherry (1993), Painting Women. Victorian Women Artists, London: Routledge, 21 & 103

The group’s unanimity is simply an echo of my selection criterion. It’s easy to forget how carefully pre-screened the members are, how epistemically groomed social media circles might be.

One morning while I was exercising with Daniel, the youtube video we were following deployed an “encouraging” message: “It’s You Versus You!”

Immediately, Daniel said, “Yeah, and I’m going to beat the shit out of that guy.”

Since writing a novel is also you versus you, it is not always clear when the match has begun, since the opponents are always in... See more

If you want to know more about these sorts of mental states, I recommend José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente’s recent write-up of his experiences, Nadia Asparouhova on her experiences, and her how-to guide.