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- What Does my Editing Process Look Like?
When editors get together, we often talk about process. We ask questions like: What does your onboard process look like? How can you generate metadata […] - How to Write a Conclusion: All Academic Books Must EndIt’s not you. Academic book conclusions are difficult to write, a difficulty that can be traced to the writing process itself. By the time an […]
- The Problem with Complexity in Academic WritingAll 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 […]
