Erkan's field diary

Early minutes of the blog party. Çetin (far right) and I as usual  

Istanbul's weather got crazy today. It was a literally spring day. That refreshed my mind and soul and after an early room supervisor work in Kuştepe campus, I moved back to my office in SantralIstanbul and with an iron will I shut myself in, did not check my bloglines account and worked on my dissertation until this time- of course I had several breaks:)))

Dissertation writing has several levels. Today I basically focused on integrating my reading notes to the draft. As you might remember I got a reading craze recently and there are several articles and books on my table, in my bags and car waiting to be integrated to writing. Well, I did some integration today. However, integration work entails finding new readings. You know, those cited works. So I did lots of printing. More articles to read than I have integrated today.   

And let me announce that:

now I have approximately 76,700 words and 132 pages in the main dissertation draft (9 chapters drafted so far)... there are too many quotations, there is something messy about the style but there is certainly some progress:)

Later in the party 

 Now I am tired. I might do some reading later tonight. However, there are several sources of distraction: my dear friend Adviye and her husband are in town. I will meet them. I just got the call that Malta is crowded with people. there might be late night card playing. I have another movie to watch.

In the mean time, i have finished Joyce Carole Oates' Rape: A Love Story. The most riveting novel I have read recently. Ms. Oates never disappoints me. Now I will start a novel by Ian McEwan who is another favorite.