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Resources: writing
Balancing Interdisciplinarity and Legibility
How authors can create legible interdisciplinary texts that resonate with varied readers across fields, backgrounds, and communities.
What to Do with a Copyedited Manuscript
Learn how to best navigate copyedits on your manuscript and how to create the final draft you’ll send to the publisher or journal.
What to Do with Developmental Edits
How authors can respond to developmental edits and improve their scholarly manuscripts for publication.
Best Practices for Writing and Publishing Edited Collections
Learn best practices for publishing edited collections that foster interdisciplinary dialogue and shape diverse scholarly fields.
Co-author Writing Routines and Best Practices
How to establish a successful co-author writing routine that coordinates two lives, schedules, and writing styles.
Peer Review Resources for Authors and Reviewers
We’ve gathered some of our favorite peer review resources to help you write better reviews and use reviews you receive more productively.
Editing as Worldmaking: Critical Generosity in Editorial Practice
Cathy Hannabach’s keynote address on how building critical generosity into editorial practice is a key way we build the worlds we want to inhabit.
Jennifer Lynn Kelly on Anticolonial Solidarity Tourism
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jennifer Lynn Kelly about the temporality of ethnographic research and letting our writing projects change over time.
Flexible Plans for Journal Article Publishing
Successful journal article publishing requires a plan that can adapt to changing circumstances and needs. Here’s how to create one.
Catherine Knight Steele on Black Feminist Extensions of Grace
Cathy Hannabach interviews Catherine Knight Steele about extensions of grace, collaboration, and the future of Black digital studies.
Creating a Social Justice-Focused Academic Journal Style Guide
How faculty journal editors can create a journal style guide that embodies the politics, ethics, and vision of their journal.