Represent!
Hi Everyone -
I just wanted to post a quick update and share with you some of the fun from my graduation day. I made sure we were all represented as I walked across the stage and was “hooded” for my Ph.D.
I have to thank Chris for helping me finish the lettering before the ceremony since my hands wouldn’t stop shaking. He was kind en0ugh to take over for me and it turned out better than I hoped. :-)
Since all the pompt and circumstance is over with, my final grades are submitted for my teaching assistantship, and I’m officially DONE, I’ve been thinking about what to do next with the dissertation. I want to look into reworking what I have into a popular book. This means a lot more editing than trying to get it published by an academic press, since I’ll have to cut out and edit a lot of the material that is in there now. It also means I can focus more completely on the stories you all shared with me.
So what I am going to do to get my creative juices flowing again is to post gamer profiles for each of the participants from my study. This will serve two purposes, the first being getting myself back into the writing mindset, but second, it will also allow you all to see each other’s stories and see why I was so very excited to talk to you all.
I have no idea how quickly I will be producing these – in some cases, I have to go back into materials that I haven’t really looked at for months – and I won’t be doing them in any particular order. But keep an eye out because I think you’ll really enjoy reading them.
Game on!
Regina
