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 …
Finding Time to Write Your Academic Book, Part 5: Implementing Your Plan Each Week
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 …
Finding Time to Write Your Academic Book #4: Container Routine 101
This post is the fourth in a series designed to help first-time academic book authors find time to write their book during the semester. In part 3, I told you how the container routine will help …
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Finding Time to Write Your Academic Book #3: Introducing the Container Routine
I work with junior humanities and qualitative social science faculty on tackling their book revisions. Writing an academic book, though, is not just a matter of mastering its content, form, …
How To Find Time to Write Your Academic Book, Part 2: Plan for the Doer
This post is part 2 of my 10-part series, in which I tackle one of the trickiest problems for first-time academic book authors: finding the time to write your book when the semester gets hectic. Next …
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Finding Time to Write Your First Academic Book, Part 1: Series Introduction
Over the past year, I've committed myself to helping junior scholars in humanities and social sciences tackle their first book project. Many book-specific tasks trip these scholars up, especially …
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Professors: Monitor & Reframe This Thought Pattern about Writing to Boost Productivity
In previous posts, I show humanities faculty why and how to monitor negative writing behaviors and how to develop an action plan to develop better habits. But thoughts are just as much a part of …
How to Put an Academic Writing Project on Hold: 3 Steps to Avoid Future Stress and Wasted Time
How many times has this happened to you? You have been working on an article for months, and are just finally getting "on a roll." Things are clicking in a way that they haven't before, and you're …
Commit, Pause, Revise: Apply it to Academic Writing, Teaching & Productivity
Here's the setup. Researchers (Lowe and Crawford) wanted to test whether intuitions or further reflection proved more accurate. So, they gave students a test consisting only of true/false questions. …
7 Writing Habits for First Time Book Authors to Cultivate
You will likely fall into one of two camps. If you're in the first, you might find yourself frustrated and disappointed about your productivity. You know you can write more (or "be more productive"), …
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