Get a Life, PhD

Similar to many academics, I live in a small college town in the middle of nowhere, or at least that’s how it seemed when I first moved to L...

To achieve tenure at most research-oriented institutions, you either need to publish a series of articles or a book in addition to some arti...

Scholarly writing is a conversation with other academics. These conversations happen in formal venues such as academic journals and books, ...

Although few academics think of it this way, writing is a creative process . When you write, you pull words together to make a point or argu...

While I was writing my dissertation and during my first year as an Assistant Professor, I got my writing tasks accomplished. However, there ...

For me, mornings are a very special time. At the crack of dawn, before my family wakes up, and a little later, right after everyone leaves t...

I talk to people about their writing a lot. Every so often I meet someone who has been on a roll with writing, but finds themselves stuck in...