" title="Notes from an Accidental Scholar"> Notes from an Accidental Scholar

I’ve really let this blog go, and it’s time to get back in the sad­dle. So with that, I return with a bit of a cheat — links. I’ve been read­ing and research­ing for a month but hon­estly, I haven’t much to say about my dis­ser­ta­tion which is a lit­tle strange and maybe I’ll write about it. But for now, it’s break time and I’m going to grab some tea before I get back to work. If you too are ready for a break, here is a col­lec­tion of inter­est­ing links from the far dig­i­tal corners:

• Writer’s Rooms and desk­tops
• Henry Miller’s 11 Com­mand­ments (of writing)
• Open source self-publishing plat­form to cre­ate your own ebooks
• Direc­tory of Aca­d­e­mic Blogs on Google Docs
• And finally, this is an old TED talk, but a good one:

In this talk from RSA Ani­mate, Sir Ken Robin­son lays out the link between 3 trou­bling trends: ris­ing drop-out rates, schools’ dwin­dling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An impor­tant, timely talk for par­ents and teachers.