Why You Need an Academic Writing Boot Camp Right Now
In an early post from 2015, I wrote about why scholars should never write alone. I updated this post in October 2020 to reflect the… Read More »Why You Need an Academic Writing Boot Camp Right Now
In an early post from 2015, I wrote about why scholars should never write alone. I updated this post in October 2020 to reflect the… Read More »Why You Need an Academic Writing Boot Camp Right Now
In my work as an academic writing consultant, I talk to clients a lot about how to develop a daily writing practice. Devoting time everyday… Read More »Creating a Daily Academic Writing Practice
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