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An Eddying Flight
A website for readers, writers both published and working-on-it, writing teachers, budding academics, and anyone who is interested in stories. Welcome!
Join the ongoing (mis)adventures of Zoë D. Marriott, novelist, freelance writing teacher, and doctoral candidate at the Open University...
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The Moonlit Maze on Netgalley
Hello, Dear Readers! A quick update today and the title says it all: The Moonlit Maze is now available to download on Netgalley! My...
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Sep 18, 20242 min read


'Re-Imagining Beauty' & 'From Here to Eternity'
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome or welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Today I bring you some delightful linkity. Firstly, my debut...
zdmarriott
May 1, 20232 min read


My First Public Lecture - "Next Generation: Arts" Public Lecture series
Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, my beloved blog that I don't manage to update nearly as often as I should (I'm...
zdmarriott
Apr 17, 20233 min read


Publishing my First Academic Journal Paper
Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to An Eddying Flight where, today, I'll be talking about the process of getting my very first journal...
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Feb 27, 20237 min read


Reflecting on my Research Trip (Part 2: Whitby & York)
Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to an Eddying Flight and to my reflection on my first ever PhD research trip, which took me to both...
zdmarriott
Nov 28, 20227 min read


Reflecting on my Research Trip (Part 1: York & Whitby)
Hello, Dear Readers, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Today I want to start a two-part reflection on my first research trip as a...
zdmarriott
Nov 14, 20227 min read


Lessons Learned at my First Academic Conference
Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to An Eddying Flight. This week I'm going to reflect on my attendance at the AHRC Cambridge...
zdmarriott
Oct 10, 20228 min read


Preparing for (a Humanities) Upgrade & Mini-Viva
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome back to An Eddying Flight! I hope you're all doing wonderfully in this, September, the month of Academia's...
zdmarriott
Sep 12, 20228 min read


How to Write a (Humanities) Conference Paper
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Firstly, my apologies that the blog has been a little quieter than usual in the...
zdmarriott
Aug 9, 20227 min read


Six & 1/2 Things I learned in my first Six-ish Months as a PhD Student
Hello, Dear Readers, and welcome! Today on An Eddying Flight I'm going to go through some things I've figured out over the exhilarating,...
zdmarriott
Jul 11, 20226 min read


The Structure of an Argument
Hello, Dear Readers and welcome back to An Eddying Flight! Today I wanted to share some thoughts about how to get started with academic...
zdmarriott
May 9, 20226 min read


'My Reading Habits' - Bitesize Audio
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome back to An Eddying Flight! Today I have another bite-sized podcast for you, courtesy of the RLF's Vox...
zdmarriott
Apr 20, 20222 min read


Flailing in the Dark: Getting a Grip as an Early Stage PhD Student
Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers (and apologies in advance, as always, for Wix's formatting insanity - I've done my...
zdmarriott
Mar 14, 20228 min read


Away with the Fairies...
When you hear a person described as ‘Away with the fairies’, you imagine someone a bit useless. Someone chronically distracted, with a...
zdmarriott
Feb 7, 20227 min read


In Pursuit of a PhD & Doctoral Funding (Part 2)
Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers. Today we're going to get into some specifics about funding, and I'll be...
zdmarriott
Jan 24, 202210 min read


In Pursuit of a PhD & Doctoral Funding (Part 1)
Hello, and welcome to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers. Today's post (and next week's) is aimed at those of you who are in the same...
zdmarriott
Jan 17, 202210 min read


This PhD Mallarkey: What, Why and How?
Hello, Dear Readers, and welcome back to the blog. This week I felt like focusing on the academic nitty-gritty again, and answering some...
zdmarriott
Dec 13, 20219 min read


Variations on a Theme
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about theme. I didn't always - or at least, I didn't consider it in those terms. I think my...
zdmarriott
Nov 15, 20218 min read


New Blog - who's this?
Hi. I’m Zoë. For fifteen years I made my living by writing books for young adults, and running creative writing and reading workshops in...
zdmarriott
Nov 6, 20217 min read
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