The other career

While I'm preparing for a possible change in careers, my current one is humming along nicely. The prospectus for the book I intend to work on next year has received two very favorable readers' reports, and Oxford University Press will be issuing a contract shortly.

The prospect of getting to work on the book has renewed my energy for academic work, which had flagged noticeably over the course of the last few months. Other than writing one short article and a book review essay, I was pretty unproductive last semester. But I'm actually quite excited about this book project, and having a year's fellowship to work on it is a wonderful prospect. I love teaching, but a year away from it will do me a great deal of good.