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Surviving the Query Trenches, & Finding a New Agent
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome back, and my apologies for the long, long, loooong blog hiatus this summer. Things have been happening,...
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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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zdmarriott
- May 1
- 2 min
'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...
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- Apr 17
- 3 min
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
- Feb 27
- 7 min
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...
zdmarriott
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Best Writing Advice Podcast
Hello, Dear Readers. and welcome back after my - slightly longer than expected - seasonal hiatus. I hope everyone had a wonderful festive...
zdmarriott
- Nov 28, 2022
- 7 min
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 14, 2022
- 7 min
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
- Oct 20, 2022
- 3 min
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize!
Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers! I'm delighted, thrilled and still slightly in shock to be able to announce: I'm one of...
zdmarriott
- Oct 10, 2022
- 8 min
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
- Sep 12, 2022
- 8 min
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
- Aug 9, 2022
- 7 min
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
- Jul 11, 2022
- 6 min
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
- Jun 13, 2022
- 1 min
Royal Literary Fund Podcast - "The North Star"
Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, where this week I have a podcast for you from the Royal Literary Fund's Writers...
zdmarriott
- Apr 20, 2022
- 2 min
'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
- Mar 14, 2022
- 8 min
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
- Feb 7, 2022
- 7 min
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
- Jan 24, 2022
- 10 min
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 17, 2022
- 10 min
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
- Dec 13, 2021
- 9 min
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
- Nov 15, 2021
- 8 min
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...
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