Now my real research is in literary studies, where what I do is called ‘literary criticism’. In my field ‘critique’…
Tense about tenses? A grammar guide and a coffee mistake
Getting your tenses right in academic writing can make people feel quite anxious, because it goes very quickly from ‘so…
Tiny text, narrative outline: A new storytelling planning technique
You know I love Kamler and Thomson’s Tiny Texts–and we talk about them at length in our Academic Writing Trouble…
Your imposter syndrome is irrelevant
Okaaaay, so this is pretty provocative as a title, but it’s also true and can be massively liberating. I hope…
‘Learning to be a co-author’ over on Research Whisperer
I am currently working on three book projects with three different teams, and that has led me to think carefully…
Should a PhD be ‘hard’?
On the one hand, of course a PhD is ‘hard’–as in ‘has a high difficulty setting’ and also ‘is a…
Getting your head in the game: the pause before you start work
When I started going to the gym (see Exercising Like a Girl parts 1 and 2), one of the things…
Planning vs. panic: 5 strategies for success
Someone whose work I really appreciate is Jo Van Every (@JoVanEvery). She has written a lot of blog posts (for…
How do you get from “pre-research” to search, and then research?
Last time I posted about “pre-research”, I talked about moving from pre-research into searching and then researching for a literature review. I…
Start making Done lists instead of To-do lists
I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind…
