Ever since I worked as a secretary at the University of Florida’s Department of Material Science and Engineering, the term “H-Index” has existed in my vocabulary as a vulgarity. While well-known authors love their H-Index, I think of this term as pissing war; I’m not here to write the most papers — I’m here to write whatever resonates with me. Of course, I appreciate the efforts of peer reviewing (I never want a Florida State fan reading my work knowing I completed my undergraduate program at the University of Florida because they will immediately discredit my work based on their football team’s inability to beat even a lousy Florida Gators football team), but I believe in quality over quantity.
I say all of this as I also have several ideas for conference proposals drafted. Again, I write what speaks to me, and I have several puzzle pieces begging to be placed together. Unlike Alice chasing a single white rabbit, though, I find myself in a field with several rabbits beckoning me to follow them, yet they all seem to connect to the same den underground. When several research interests begin to intersect and drop you into a figurative Wonderland, it really is hard not to notate observations, conduct research, and connect the common threads. How else am I supposed to weave a rope back to the surface? The process itself may appear convoluted from the outside, but I repeat the mantra: trust the process.
So, where does a writer and scholar publish such work? Obviously, it took a bit of digging, but this digital native knows how to find hidden treasures! I tucked away a few options in an annotated bibliography for safe keeping, and I currently hope to meet some strict deadlines. I speak vaguely because I seem to have the best success when I guard my plans like I’m playing poker — the less others know, the better. Am I falling into the post hoc fallacy? Maybe so, but I really don’t care. Some people have lucky hats or lucky socks; I have my own faulty cause and effect issues, too! Call it human nature.
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