Over at In The Middle, they are discussing blogging and being academics. The post linked to is specifically talking about discussing things on blogs, sharing ideas. This is one of the things I am wondering / worrying about. How much should one share on one's blog? More specifically, how much should I share?
I have already had the joy of having my thesis topic stolen from under me (Hi, Ginnie!), and so am concerned about the dangers of having people take your ideas, and publishing them before I do. Of course, this should make me work harder to get things written and published, but what I want to know is just how real that danger is.
So how does one be an academic blogger? Do you let people know you're a medievalist? Do you tell them where you're currently working? What your topic is vaguely (female saints)? Do you specify what texts you're working from? By publishing on blogger, does this mean you've 'baggsed' the topic?
Thoughts?
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