Helping Scholars Finish Strong First Books
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You know the feeling. It usually hits post-lunch. You're tired and irritable and your focus evaporates. Or, you feel scattered: you have a lot of ideas and items to tackle, but you cannot prioritize …
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When the semester hits its peak, the amount of things you must mentally juggle seems to multiply exponentially. What if you could take 15 minutes now to not only do work your future self will thank …
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Over the years, my schedule and responsibilities have led me to experiment with various writing schedules and productivity strategies. I've always wondered what variables really matter …
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Most academic writing projects take months, if not years. Put your eggs all in one basket (like the book), or work only on projects from start to completion and you might not have much to show for …
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One of my mentees put it better than I could have: Writing an academic book is really no different from any other project. It’s just about sitting down and putting in consistent work. In …
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Every academic writer gets stuck at some point in her life. Before continuing to spin your wheels, first identify: have you lost your writing path, or are you stalled? (Not sure? Read Joli Jensen's …
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Your choice of what to wear, what and when to eat, and whether to buy the grapes or cherries seem completely unrelated to writing your academic book. And yet they are related. …
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If you're following along with my "Finding the Time To Write Your Academic Book Series," you've now had a few weeks to develop and practice implementing your Container Routine. (Don't know what a …
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If you're like many of the junior scholars I coach, you desperately want to find time to write your academic book. But during the semester, it doesn't feel possible. You might have developed your …
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In previous posts, I've shown you how I use Excel to track my own writing sessions, and discussed why opening and closing routines are crucial to sustained writing. In this post, I put all three …
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Many first-time academic book authors, but especially parents of young children, struggle with finding time to write their book. I frequently receive questions like these: I’m starting my second …
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In this series, I show you how to find time to write your first book during the semester, even as a parent on a heavy teaching load (3-3 or 4-4). In previous posts, I've tackled some of the pitfalls …