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Planning for Change and Uncertainty
Planning in ways that embrace rather deny change is crucial these days. Here’s how to create plans flexible enough to meet whatever comes next.
Writing Commitments versus Writing Goals/Plans
How writing commitments (instead of writing plans or goals) can help you write amidst uncertainty and change.
Beginning without a Road Map
Why beginning comes before planning and what it means to begin things amidst uncertainty, change, and anxiety.
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How to Create Realistic Writing Deadlines
Meeting writing goals requires setting realistic writing deadlines that fit your real life and take into account your commitments, resources, and goals.
Academic New Year Resolutions: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Although many scholars set academic new year resolutions, spending some time reviewing this year ensures you can set smart ones.
Small Changes to Refresh Your Routine
These small changes to refresh your routine can help you feel more relaxed and ready to tackle your writing, research, teaching, and service tasks.
Tackling Your To-Do List at the End of the Semester
Our surprisingly simple and surprisingly effective organization tips to stay on top of your to-do list as the semester winds down.
Rethinking Your Relationship To Reading
How to evaluate your reading practices, discover how you prefer to read, how to retain what you read, and how reading can enhance your life and work.
Choosing a Press for Your First Book
Choosing a press for your first book can feel intimidating; here’s what to consider so you can find the right fit.
Using Passion Projects for Inspiration, Self-Care, and Fun
In the face of busyness and stress, passion projects are a chance to reclaim your physical, emotional, and mental energy.
Turning Your Dissertation into a Book
Learn the step-by-step process for revising and turning your dissertation into a book–one that people will actually buy and read.
Open Access Publishing and Public Scholarship
Open access publishing makes our work accessible, but many worry whether it will “count.” Here’s how to decide whether open access is right for you.