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 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 | Mar 15, 2018 | academic project management, academic writing, publishing, time management
Academia is maybe the only career where you study for years and years, but your studies only partially prepare you for your actual job. Becoming an expert in your field does not necessarily mean that you are prepared for the day-to-day tasks of academia. For that, we...
by Cathy Mazak | Jan 4, 2018 | academic writing
Ah, the new year. It’s like a blank canvas waiting for you to fill with your hopes and dreams. In the new year, anything is possible. We start fitness programs. We eat healthy. We set goals. I want you to set aside some of your new-year-induced optimism to invest in...
by Cathy Mazak | Nov 9, 2017 | academic writing
Nobody likes to hear criticism, especially of their writing. One of the biggest things holding many academic women back from writing and publishing more is the fear that our writing will be met with difficult-to-hear critique. But not all criticism is equal: there is...
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