I love looking at the photos in academic books, but I never had any idea how much work it was for authors to include them. I vaguely assumed that authors plucked these photos out of some great historical repository and then copied and pasted them into their manuscript as if they were a grad student […]
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As I mentioned elsewhere, my first book was not based on the dissertation, and I actually researched and wrote it from scratch while on the tenure track. The difficulty of such a task forced me to follow a punishing writing routine and develop an effective writing process, as described in previous posts. But neither of
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“Writing is a process.” That was the mantra that was drilled into my head by countless teachers since about fifth or sixth grade. Yet it wasn’t until I wrote my first book that I developed a thoughtful, individualized writing process that worked for me. So in this post, I wanted to share my writing process,
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The most common advice that first time authors receive is that they should develop a writing routine. There’s a great deal of good suggestions on the internet about writing routines for academic authors. Authors are encouraged to write every day at least for an hour and more when possible, but they should stop writing after
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Publishing a book is a goal of many early-career scholars and mandatory for junior faculty on the tenure-track at research universities. Just like with applications, there is a great deal of advice on the internet about transforming the dissertation into a book. But the process of the first book still felt mysterious to me. I
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