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Don't know where to start to fix your book?
Join us for our next workshop, January 27 through March 31, and kickoff your writing year with support and productivity.
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This new year, we're giving you a gift. A worksheet to help you beat perfectionism and prepare to receive low-stakes feedback.
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Need some insight on how to fit writing into your real life? Good news! We have a workshop for that!
Join us and kickoff your writing year with support and productivity.
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With Winter Break looming ahead, giving us a moment to pause, it's a good time to check in and think about the successes from the first half of the semester and to make refinements to our productivity goals.
Let's share some of the things that are going well!
FREE Ask anything session with Laura Portwood-Stacer happening today!
This session will be an open Q&A where you can bring any questions that are on your mind related to writing, publishing, or editing scholarly books.
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In Part 5 of this blog post series, Katelyn helps you implement your writing plan with some simple steps.
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The internet is essential for modern life and work; we can’t opt out of it.
Wendy Belcher has some insights into how to overcome this Writing Obstacle.
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Today @katelynknox.bsky.social reviews @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social's Make Your Manuscript Work for #FeedingTheElephant, stating that chief among the many merits of the book are "naming and demystifying a crucial step in the lifecycle of any academic publication: developing a manuscript."
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Trim long chapters efficiently. Instead of judging every word and phrase, take this more strategic approach to trimming content and standardizing chapter length. (Helpful questions and chapter length norms included.)
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Great resource from Writer's Diet to check how your writing stands up. Find out where your writing needs improvement.
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Demystify academic book titles with data, examples, and step-by-step activities in this free, self-paced mini-course.
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Craft an understandable, searchable book title.
In this helpful blog post, featuring data and charts from her mini-study, Katelyn shares the patterns she uncovered in academic book titles.
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We can hardly believe it's been two years since The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook released.
Used the workbook? Consider leaving a review. It may seem small, but reviews are a great way to help other academics decide if the workbook is right for them.
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Worried your book doesn't have a chronological narrative? Allison discusses why you may need to view your book from a different perspective.
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In Part 3 of this blog post series, Katelyn introduces a great way to help you find the time you need to write. At its core, the container routine is like a weekly time map: it’s a template for how you will spend your time each week.
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The peer review of a book proposal is typically a step that first-time authors don't know exists, and the genre can be tricky.
I've put together actual sample letters people could refer to when writing their own.
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In this helpful blog post, Laura Portwood Stacer provides some constructive advice to go along with the “don’t do this” warnings with six types of book proposals that don't work.
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Katelyn debunks the myth that there's one, and only one, right way to tell your book's story.
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"This pragmatic workbook walks an author through clear steps to identify the organizing principle of the book..."
Writing an academic book is a daunting task. Where to start? This workbook.
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In Part 2 of this series, Katelyn explains why you need to reframe how you think about yourself.
She then goes on to show the difference between a planner and a doer and then gives you strategies on how you can close the gap between them.
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Does your book end well? Consider four different approaches to your conclusion that will help you continue the academic conversation past the last page of your book.
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Does your book start well?
The introduction to an academic book is critical, but it’s tricky to write.
In this helpful blog post, we look closer at writing the introduction to your book.
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Authors of scholarly books: Are you struggling with perfectionism? Are you overwhelmed by the sheer number of things you have to do to finish your manuscript?
Here's @katelynknox.bsky.social with a suggestion: find a way to get regular, low-stakes feedback on your writing.
Katelyn shares her top tools and resources recommendations that help her write, including some of the books that helped her go from dissertation to book.
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Writing can feel like the loneliest act in the world.
Wendy Belcher has some insights into how to overcome this Writing Obstacle. @wendylbelcher.bsky.social
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In this blog post series, Katelyn helps academic writers tackle their first book project by getting a handle on it as a whole and breaking it down into manageable chunks.
The road to self-mastery begins with self-knowledge.
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Review of our book with picture of the cover of THE DISSERTATION-TO-BOOK WORKBOOK Text reads: Based on their years of helping academics revise their dissertations into books, Knox and Van Deventer have distilled their incredible depth of knowledge into a beautifully thought-out book that takes you step by step through the process of revising your dissertation. Too many writing books give vague advice without any practical guidance. This is not that book. From advice on crafting your book’s arc and organizing principle to drafting your book questions and producing chapter answers, this book takes all the guessing out of one of the most stressful tasks academics face. This is the best book I have seen on the topic. -Wendy Belcher, author of Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks
Writing an academic book is a daunting task. Where to start? This workbook.
If you're not quite ready for our workshop, start with our book.
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