The chapter.

My thoughts through the (almost) last day of editing this book chapter project I've been working on since January.

12:32 - Methodology. I can write about methodology. "Using quantitative research methodology to test the hypothesis, an electronic five point Likert scale questionnaire was designed to collect information from more NGOs."

Yeah, that comes from someone else's chapter. My sentences look more like "For the survey data, an online 'Open Source Software for Ghana' survey  was created and promoted via media such as Facebook, blogs to the author’s former students, colleagues, and friends, both Peace Corps Volunteers and Ghanaians."

I think that's my biggest concern - making my paper look sufficiently academically rigorous and styled.

2:36 - References, oh how you taunt me. I need 10-35. After two weeks of searching and reading, In I've got like, 8. I didn't do anything significant for literature review for the first draft, because I wanted to focus on the original content I had, not just regurgitate what other people had said. I see now, though, that without some references, I'm just like someone I saw whine on Wikipedia that "I am my own citation!".

3:44 - ok, I've worked in 4 references. Have been substituting 'the author' for 'I' everywhere, even though that diminishes the narrative effect of many of the passages.

5:19 - Took a short nap. Back to work, with 'Decemberists' playing on Pandora. It's coming along.

6:57 - According to document properties, I've now spent 14 hours editing this document. And that's only the time spent since getting it back from the reviewers. 5 sources referenced.

8:54 - Went for a drive out to Lakeview Park, and stopped at the garden plot. Back to work.

10:21 - 9 references. Grant wants to go to bed. I'm at 9790 words, over the 9500 limit. Does the bibliography count? Crap! it does. Well, I'm going to bed. I'll finish it in the morning.