by Cathy Mazak | Dec 6, 2018 | academic writing
Here you go! An easy-to-use holiday gift list to send directly to your loved ones (you’re welcome). I’ve collected up some of my favorite things so that you can get what you really want this year (or find some gift inspiration for your academic girlfriends. 😉 Happy...
by Cathy Mazak | Nov 29, 2018 | academic writing, mindset
I found a new podcast that I love: #AmWriting. It has really put wind in my sails about a book I’ve been brewing on the back burner for about a year. I am so inspired by the completely relatable podcast hosts Jess and K.J., smart women, authors and moms, and have been...
by Cathy Mazak | Nov 15, 2018 | academic writing, popular writing for academcis, writing challenge
Co-authoring can be… complicated. Sharing the work, feeding off of each other’s ideas, and facing reviewers together can have big advantages for how you feel about writing and publishing. But the back-and-forth on drafts, the looong waits for sections, and the...
by Cathy Mazak | Nov 8, 2018 | academic writing, mindset, time management
We’re in the height of the fall conference season, and there are lots of us on the road. As academics, many of us travel at least once or twice a year to attend academic conferences. Traveling (for many different reasons) is a common part of our academic lives. I’ve...
by Cathy Mazak | Oct 25, 2018 | academic writing
Setting goals for your writing sessions can be overwhelming. How big should the goal be? How do you quantify it? What should you do if you keep overestimating the amount of writing you can do? What if you consistently fail to hit your goal? The problem is that we...
by Cathy Mazak | Oct 18, 2018 | academic writing
Maybe it seems obvious that you need to make time to write. I mean, you’ve been telling yourself that you have to do it for a long time. Your institution certainly stresses it. They want you to write for tenure and promotion. They want you to write so you can get...
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