Dr. Nicole Basaraba

Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, TCD

Month: July 2011

Lots of sun not so much writing, ROW80 check in

When I arrived in Bucharest, Romania the temperature was 26 at 10:00 at night. In Brussels, I would have been in a pants and sweater long before 7:00pm, but not here. I don’t know what the exact tempurature was yesterday, but I think it was around +35 and I sat in the sun on the balcony
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Book Review: Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married – Marian Keyes

Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Marian Keyes’ breakout novel making her a bestselling author, is an action packed story of finding love. Running at 640 pages, being printed in a larger format than the standard paperback its about two inches thick and it will definatey make your hand sore, wrist, fingers and all, because you won’t be able to put it down.
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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
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How I use social media as a platform

Based on advice from Kristen Lamb’s book “We Are Not Alone” (WANA) and her blog posts I have decided to share how I’m using social media as an “author platform.” As I am yet to be what is considered an author, the social media platform is in the works, the prepatory phase for what I hope one day
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