March 22 Day 744: Addressing Criticisms

Posted byJenny QuinnPosted inmathematics, scholarship, writing

Everybody’s a critic. Nobody likes criticisms–me included.

This evening I finished revisions on a piece that I originally posted about January 16 Day 679: Writers Block and submitted last month. The reviewer comments were biting or maybe I read too much snark into them. I had to put them away for a while before I could constructively address them.

Ultimately, I ended up restructuring the piece and tightening the argument. It was far more work than I was planning to put in. I liked the original submission, yet I have to admit that this version is better. I hope the editor sees it the same way.

I’ll sleep on it tonight. Maybe get some feedback from others tomorrow and send it off.

Published by Jenny Quinn

Mathematician. Mother. Wife. Leader. I am the Executive Director of Seattle Universal Math Museum after many years working as a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington Tacoma. Mother of Anson and Zachary. Wife to Mark. President of the Mathematical Association of America 2021-2022. Past-President of MAA 2023.

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