Hello, hello

It's been a while, and a lot's changed.

I got TENURE! I'm having a BÉBÉ!

My BOOK is due out in exactly 6 months (January 14th), and is available for pre-order now! As that deadline gets closer, watch this space for a series of posts on the women whose stories I cover and interesting visual and textual sources I found along the way.

My book cover, which I'm deeply in love with!

Since I'm also pregnant (20 weeks!), I'll use some posts to reflect on my personal experience alongside the research I've been doing for the last decade. For example, the part where I've been using maternal impression to insist on a daily allotment of ice cream so our baby doesn't turn into an ice cream cone. Eighteenth-century science, folks. I don't make the rules.

As the first book is coming to a close and we're get ready to have our lives upended with a tiny human, I'm juggling a few other projects that will hopefully wrap before bébé makes an appearance:

1) This week, I'm finishing revisions on piece about maternal accommodations and the 18th-century theatre.

2) Next week, I'm expecting copyedits on the book back and will start on those.

3) I've got a co-authored piece on a dramaturgical history of Ophelia's bouquet to finish before the start of September.

4) Indexing work for the book will land in September/October.

5) I've also got three book talks, of varying lengths, scheduled between mid-September and the end of October.

6) And I'm delighted to be working on an edited edition of the Elizabeth Inchbald's Such Things Are. Since it's technically due on 12/1 and the babe's due 11/28, I'll be aiming to wrap that project up early!

Fall semester also brings two grad classes (Dramaturgy and Shakespeare) and a new-to-me undergrad course (Improv), all of which should be a delight. Fortunately, since I'm expecting before the end of the semester, I've got wonderfully supportive colleagues ready to step in and help out.

That third trimester is going to fly by--here's hoping I don't end up on bedrest.

And now back to writing!