Should I stay, or should I go?

[kickaha]

So I just got a paper accepted for a talk at a conference. A smallish conference, as things go, but a conference none the less, and one that seems to get some good material at it.

And most importantly, it the first paper from my own research to get accepted! WHOO-HOO!

But I'm disturbed.

There were no comments. None. Nada. Zip. Not a *SINGLE* comment from any reviewer. No suggestions on how to make it better, no mention of looking forward to it, NOTHING.

I feel like I'm being set up by the prom queen, and when I show up for our date, I'll get eggs thrown at me by the football team.

It's just... eerie.

Comments

You should go.

[byrdie.livejournal.com]

If you don't, you'll drive yourself nuts wondering what would have happened if you'd gone. If you go, you'll know.

Are these the first people to have ever reviewed this paper? Then, okay, yeah -- that's eerie and you may want to find someone (anyone!) to pick it apart before you get to the conference. Or have you already gone over comments from past readers? If so, then consider that maybe your paper says all that it can say on the subject for its scope. *shrug*

Congratulations!

Re: You should go.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Heh. Actually, the title was tongue in cheek. Wild horses couldn't keep me from presenting this paper. :)

It's just the lack of feedback that feels odd.

I've had *plenty* of feedback on other related (rejected) papers, and edited the material presentation accordingly, so maybe I just nailed it on this one.

But still... NO comments? Weird.