Dr. Nicole Basaraba

Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, TCD

Writers’ Platform-Building Campaign

Ok, so I’m sneaking in another post this week. I can’t believe I’ve posted Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and today! Whew lots of blogging. But there’s a reason. I have just signed up for the Writers’ Platform-building campaign. There’s quite a detailed description on Rach Writes blog about it. So I will brief you: basically its

Writers’ Uni-Verse-City: making connections

Welcome to Writers’ Uni-Verse-City (or WUVC for short because every university has an acronym), a place where writers/bloggers can meet to discuss the craft of writing in the Internet age. I  want to learn what it takes to make it in the world of writing and publishing and nowadays there is a wealth of information on the

Over preparing for vacation/ROW80 check in

So I made the mistake of telling my colleagues at work that I’m packing this weekend for my upcoming vacation. Yes, packing is a normal thing to do before your vacation, but I did mine 4 days in advance. My colleague’s response was “you’re packing all week?” I’d have to say that it was a

Welcome to Nicole Basaraba’s Writers’ Uni-Verse-City

What is “Uni-Verse-City” anyway? On the About page you can find a description about the name of this blog and its purpose, but I will paste it here again for convenience: “This name leaves room for versatility to write about: travel, books, and living in Brussels.  So for all readers who are interested in these things,