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- The Problem with Complexity in Academic Writing
All my academic clients are interested in communicating complexity. In some cases, authors are researching and writing about a complex social problem like poverty or […] - What happens to your book manuscript when your editor leaves a press?You may find yourself confronting the reality that your editor has left the University Press you’re working with. This can be a particularly crushing revelation […]
- “Argument Clinic”: How do you Recognize and Make an Argument in an Academic Book?In the classic Monty Python sketch Argument Clinic, a man played by Michael Palin approaches a receptionist and says “I’d like to buy an argument.” […]
- “Remember the coinage!” Why a central concept is so important to your academic bookWhile still in graduate school, after reading a book of mutual interest, I turned to my mentor and asked his opinion of it. He said […]
- Why Your Writing Voice is ImportantAcademic authors I work with don’t write stereotypical academic books. They want to avoid writing what I call “bricks”—academic tomes with an obtuse argument written […]
