The Amazing Mr. Book, Complete, and with Statistics!
Every time I hit a big milestone with the diss I announce it here, which has meant that my completion timeline has been artifically stretched out. Hurrah, I finished a draft! Hurrah, I finished a second draft! Hurrah, my advisor signed the form! And now, hurrah, I have deposited said dissertation at the Registrar’s Office, and there is absolutely nothing left to do. It really is DONE. I am really, really, truly, Dr. Goetz.
So here are the stats:
291 pages
86,118 words
465, 244 characters not including spaces
553, 044 characters including spaces
1279 paragraphs
7,896 lines
Whew!
I submitted all this material last Friday; on the same day I received my copy of “Thinking Like your Editor” by Susan Rabiner from amazon.com. So, onward and upward with The Book! After a six-month break, that is.
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Congratulations, Doctor! Now, what do you like to be called??
Well, It’s the convention here at Rice to address folks as Dr so and so, so, students call me Dr. Goetz. I answer to Professor Goetz and hey you, too.
Congrats! “Done” is a glorious word.
I bet the Amazing Mr. Book thanks you, too. Now he ( are you sure it’s a male??) can get some much needed rest.You know who!
Well done!!
Well, the Amazing Mr Book was a pain in the butt…so it must be male! 🙂
I beg your pardon!You Know Who ( You better)
That’s fantastic! Well done!
And to think your writing career began long, long ago, writing articles for the local weekly. Sigh. Mammamoo
Congratulations! And (tho I’m not there anymore) welcome to Texas!
Mazel Tov!