Sobriquet 42.7
The following post was originally published on 5/7/08. It seems that the deeper I get into the chapter I'm writing on The Master of Petersburg , the longer it takes me to get started each time I sit down to work on it. I'm sure part of my problem is related to the standard end-of-the-semester crunch and I am equally certain that I'm just plain tired of writing about this novel. I'd say that one of the worst parts of the dissertation-writing process for me is the fact that, while writing a given section, I have no idea whether or not what I am writing will be deemed "good' by the people who ultimately decide whether or not to award the doctorate. The further I get into the chapter, the greater the amount of writing that can be picked apart and rejected. And that's not always easy to deal with, especially since I am not particularly fond of what I have produced thus far on The Master of Petersburg . There have been times when I have felt some satisfaction,
