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Category: Writing the Article Series

How do you co-author 3 books in a year and not lose the plot?

In 2019-20 I was writing 3 books with other people (publication ranged from Nov 2019 to March 2021, but this does not reflect the writing or editing period of the books.) The books took between 9 months and 3 years to finish, and all of them overlapped in a great crash.

academic writing, authorship, collaboration, Writing

Escape from the Perfect Sentence Vortex of Doom: Second Edition

In 2013, I wrote one of my most significant early posts on this blog, The Perfect Sentence Vortex and How … More

academic writing, Editing, planning, polishing, proud, Writing

How to plan your research days

Hello everyone! It’s been quiet here for a bit, not because my drafts folder isn’t full of future posts but … More

academic writing, health, planning

New digital literacies? Nah, it’s same, same but different.

One of the things I’m exploring on this blog is ways of writing in a way that is more open, … More

academic writing, collaboration

Live Blogging the Article Series: Casting off my Shackles

In the last few weeks, things capital-c-Changed. So welcome to the jam-packed blog-of-all-things. It’s long.  Also, this is a pretty … More

academic writing, blogging, Editing, failure, PhD, social media

Live blogging the article–the Holiday edition

First. Sometimes I feel like this ‘Writing the Article’ series is an extended example of falling flat on my face … More

academic culture, academic writing, failure

Live blogging the article: The September Edition

Vulnerability and shame and identity and self-care and models and imperfection and … woah. And a bit of Kenneth Slessor. … More

academic writing, Perfectionism

Live blogging the article: End of July round up

I was in Oxford three weeks ago. Oxford was hazy, summery, full of bicycle bells, buses, herbaceous borders, and teenagers on … More

academic writing, shut up and write

Live blogging the article: 5 July

One of the things that is different about writing an article in the Arts and Humanities is that you almost … More

academic writing, Research

Live blogging the article: Your Responses 3 July

I’ve been really touched at the response to this series–thanks to everyone who has commented, retweeted, shared or mentioned it. … More

academic writing, self disclosure

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