If I have learned anything from working as a scholar and an academic editor, it’s that excellent writing is rarely a solitary act. Many of… Read More »Why Scholars Should Never Write Alone: Pandemic Edition
I hope all of you as well as your family and friends are as safe and healthy as possible! These are difficult times, and academic… Read More »Creating a Productive & Sustainable Academic Writing Schedule
In my previous post, I suggested strategies for overcoming common challenges to developing your dissertation into a book. If you are just getting started in… Read More »Jump-Starting the Revision Process for Developing Your Dissertation into a Book
For many scholars, turning the dissertation into a book is a long and difficult process. In the first of this two-part series, I discuss how… Read More »Making the Transition from a Dissertation to a Book
This post provides some tips for developing and defending an argument in academic writing.
I used to have a colleague who every spring submitted their final grades and printed out their syllabi for the fall semester while I was… Read More »It’s Not Too Late to Gear Up for a Productive Summer!
In my previous post on “Why Scholars Should Never Write Alone,” I discussed the option of working with a professional editor as one way to… Read More »Finding the Right Academic Editor
For most of my years as a graduate student, I clung to the image of the solitary scholar. You know the one–huddled over her laptop… Read More »Why Scholars Should Never Write Alone
It’s 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning–your designated time for academic writing. You’ve just gotten back from class and your newly refilled cup of coffee is… Read More »How to Overcome Academic Writer’s Block: Writing a “Zero” Draft
Welcome to the inaugural blog post for MargaretEdits. I thought it made sense to start off with an issue that I find absolutely critical in… Read More »Clarity in Academic Writing