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Why are you writing this book?
A book is a big project. Depending where you mark the beginning, book writing can take years. Not only is it hard to protect the time, given all your…
3 years ago
Jo on Tap: A timed 30-minute writing session
An audio track to support a short 30 minute writing session.This track contains a brief opening to help you transition from whatever you were doing b…
3 years ago
Survivor guilt & imposter syndrome: When you are one of the lucky few
We talk a lot about how rejection is just part of academic life. There’s lots of advice about how to deal with rejection. I want to talk about succes…
3 years, 1 month ago
Resting when you can't stop working completely
First sent as a newsletter to members of the Academic Writing Studio, this track addresses the situation in which you are so tired that you can tell …
3 years, 1 month ago
Beyond Accountability: Co-working as support
In this track I challenge the idea that coworking is about "accountability" or that you even need accountability. Writing is something you want to do…
3 years, 2 months ago
Radical alternative ways to approach productivity in the PhD
This month’s article is by a guest author, Jamie Pei. Jamie has her own coaching business, The Messy Coach, offering workshops for institutions, indi…
3 years, 2 months ago
Making Decisions: Applying for research funding
You may dread applying for research funding. In this track I talk about how to use your big research dreams to identify feasible projects and get the…
3 years, 4 months ago
Making time blocking work for you
One of the strategies I encourage people to use when planning is time-blocking. It is what I am thinking of when I talk about boundaries as one of th…
3 years, 5 months ago
Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty, and Disruption
I’ve been writing blog posts and newsletters since 2009 so it’s not surprising that the topic of how to keep going when everything around you is terr…
3 years, 5 months ago
Being an academic in dystopian times: making time for activism
While your work is important, it isn’t the only way you contribute to the world. In the face of all the awful, your inclination may be to get more ac…
3 years, 5 months ago