Suzanne Elvidge - fiction, monologue & script writing
  • Home
  • About
  • Publications and performances
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Publications and performances
  • Contact

The 28 day monologue challenge: 19 - Small Insignificant Planet

19/2/2021

0 Comments

 
I met him at a planetary science conference, where I was presenting a poster on PhD research work. He read it through with a sneer on his face, searching for flaws. He told me that the work presented was on an uninteresting region of a small, insignificant planet, and that that it had all been done before. He finished by telling me, Ms whoever I was, that I should read the seminal paper by Tellus et al, and that my PhD supervisor should be ashamed for letting me even begin my research on this topic, as Tellus had covered it all already. In fact, Tellus, who he knew personally, was presenting at this very conference, and would be mortified to see this poster. I said that I was heading over to Tellus' lecture, and assumed I would see him there. As I stepped up to the podium, I saw him in the front row. I smiled and said 'Good morning. My name is Professor Angela Tellus, and I am delighted to see you all here today.'
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Writing short fiction, monologues and plays

    Being a bit political sometimes

    ​Living life day by day

    Archives

    November 2021
    October 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    July 2019
    November 2018
    September 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    April 2017
    February 2017
    April 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.