by Cathy Mazak | Apr 25, 2019 | academic writing, mindset, publishing, time management
Are you making these three writing mistakes? Academic women are a diverse and electrifying group. I truly get so much energy from interacting with you all, both in and out of my own field of study. But the more academic women I get to know, the more I realize that...
by Cathy Mazak | Apr 18, 2019 | academic writing, mindset, publishing, time management
As you close your laptop on turning in grades, set up your email auto-responder so that students know you are unreachable and dream about all those projects that you’re going to finish over the break, it might be time for a little reality check. Let me guess: you have...
by Cathy Mazak | Apr 2, 2019 | academic writing, time management
I asked academic women joining my I Should Be Writing! Facebook group: “What’s the biggest obstacle between you and writing more?” Here’s what you all said: “Time!” “Time management and my teaching load at a teaching intensive university” “Time and motivation”...
by Cathy Mazak | Jan 17, 2019 | academic writing
One way to get more writing done is to gather others around you who share your goal. A supportive writing community can be the difference between sticking with a productive writing plan and going back to letting writing fall to the bottom of your list. A good writing...
by Cathy Mazak | Jan 10, 2019 | academic writing, mindset
Academic writing is an act of creation. It is bringing new ideas into the world while dexterously connecting to ideas that came before yours. It is representing years of deep work succinctly and compellingly on a page. It is inspiring further creation and knowledge...
by Cathy Mazak | Jan 3, 2019 | academic writing
New Year’s resolutions get a bad rap. It’s true, these beginning-of-the-year promises to ourselves often get broken. But that doesn’t mean that resolutions should be written off entirely. The new year is full hope and promise. Everything is possible! And although the...
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