Dear All,
Oh dear Here I come confessing to all my inadequacies. Never mind, this is straight from me. It is not fake news! All this started with my search for some really unique bobbins that at one time were in Marians possession and illustrated in her book Lace and Lace Making. The editor of the Powys Society journal heard of my enquiries and asked me if I would write an essay on Marian as the Society felt that she had been somewhat neglected in their various studies. Basically I agreed and got cracking. I did a 3000 word essay and had some worthwhile criticism from the editor, which I was very ready to incorporate, then he told me he wanted 6,000 words plus well annotated illustrations. Also he wanted my "essay" to be written in an academic mode with references and end notes etc. When I started I had thought that he had just wanted a story that demonstrated Marians prowess and ability along with some family history to place her in context of her time and inform newer lace makers of someone whom they may not know about. I just chatted on as is usual for me. Many of you will remember that I often refer to my dislike of academic writing. Not that I cant do it as in my professional life I have written a book, a chapter in a book, some 40 plus professional articles, possibly 6 conference papers and my Master in Ethics was done via research and thesis. (I hate telling you all, this I just want to remain a person interested in bobbins!) The point I want to make is that I can write academically. Frankly I do not need another academic article on my CV,,, the angels will not be impressed! Smile. I try and write to tell a story. I will rewrite my article in a style I am more comfortable with and submit it appropriately for lace makers to be able to read about a wonderful woman. If they turn me down then I will park it on Arizona Web Docs where I put all my other articles that are not journal published. (Probably that is because I do not submit them. ) lace is what you guys love and bobbins are an adjunct. I get it and am very comfortable with that. I accept that I must appear a cantankerous old man, but it is my retirement to enjoy, not to take on tasks that might stress me out. I have offered some 4 names to the Society as alternatives to myself and also have learned that a Harvard person is studying her. If the Harvard person is doing theses on Marian that will be very useful and enlightening. I hope to use the contributions that some of you have sent me for the revised Marian essay. Thank you for those contributions. OK. Confession over Sorry about that and special thanks to you all for supporting me in my lace ignorance and special help from time to time. Regards Brian "Lace Bobbin Historian" [ tries hard not to bore you all] "Essayist.." [failed!!!"] Don't worry "All will be well"... smile End Note(!) "All will be well" is a Powysian thing that I have just learned. I like it. _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . SPAMfighter has removed 96 of my spam emails to date. Do you have a slow PC? <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> Try a free scan! - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
