I know how you feel, 9 months on it's a little better. I'm just about to do my fieldwork (I'm doing an ethnographic study) and have been 'busy', with lovely practical stuff - ethics, information leaflets, and generally getting out and about. The reading and espically trying to figure out what to do with the reading has been the hardest thing. In hindsight getting into the field earlier would have been the ideal.

I'm grappling with my first attempts at writing abstracts for conference presentations, both poster and student feedback sessions. I've searched a variety of sources and looked at some of the previous years conference abstracts and feel I have a fairly clear idea of the do's and don'ts. However, I am aware that we often learn by our mistakes and of course by our sucesses. Would anyone like to share their experiences of submitting abstracts for conferences. Do you get feedback if you are rejected? Or any tips for submitters, that sort of thing.
Thank you.