CHELSEA PHILLIPS

This is part of a series of postings in the run-up to my book release on January 14, 2022. More information on Carrying All Before Her:...

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...

Hello again. *acknowledgement of how exhausted, fractured, and difficult all thinking labor is right now that I have not brain capacity...

Hi friends, In the last couple of weeks I've taken advantage of an online writing group, cleared my grading plate, met with students,...

TL;DR: I made words out of feelings. Oh, friends. That nice pretty schedule I made for myself last week is a good reminder of the...

Well, hiya everyone. This is wild, eh? Hope you're all staying home, staying safe, and washing your hands. Most of the last week was...

Hiya! I've made a plan for revisions and am so far sticking to it fairly well. So far, I've mapped out some additions to my introduction,...

Hi all, After several months away from the blog, I'm back as book work ramps up once again. UPDATE: I got reader reports back on my full...

Hi all, It's been a bit! I sent in the manuscript on schedule on 9/16, two weeks ago today. It felt great to get it out of my hands for...

Okay okay okay, we're doing something a little different tonight. I wrote a BUNCH of stuff this week, blah blah blah this one isn't about...

Hi all, Classes start tomorrow, and I'm meditating a lot on my work habits and goals for the next two years once the book manuscript is...

Here's what you need to know: got the next Siddons draft done. It's a bit of a "streaking naked and drunk to the end-zone" situation,*...

In the last week, I completed a new draft of my chapter on Susanna Mountfort Verbruggen and Anne Oldfield, incorporating the concepts of...

Hi all, I didn't write this last night, and it was partially out of shame. I've been working very hard, and very long hours on this...

I was recently re-watched the second season of Outlander, which is about a woman who travels back in time to 1740s Scotland and gets...

This week I finished revising the chapter I mentioned last week, as well as continuing to work toward two pieces with August 1 deadlines....

Hello, friends! I sent out the proposal on 9 July, two days before I then had to go MIA for a week or so to have knee surgery. The...

I returned from the Houghton last week, full of ideas and inspiration for both my book project and my teaching (it's an amazing...

Hi friends, Had a great week in the archive: the ex-ill collection at HTC continues to be stunning in its breadth and quality. I got to...