Presenter: Mary Beth Averill, academic writing coach, editor, and author of The Confident Academic: Overcoming the small fish, big pond experience… and other difficult matters
Many academics lack confidence in some aspect of their professional lives. Some are open about this; for others, it’s a well-kept secret. In this one-hour webinar by Academic Writing Coach, Editor and Author Mary Beth Averill, she briefly surveys some of the reasons academics lack confidence and shares 5 ways you can increase your confidence as an academic.
Beyond Productivity: How to Build a Joyful Writing Practice
Are you tired of feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or unconfident as a writer? Do you long to recover your love of inquiry and cultivate a joyful relationship with your writing? IMichelle Boyd of InkWell Academic Writing Retreats explains why writing is so emotionally taxing, describe how scholars can use social writing to overcome their writing fears. Better understand your own barriers and have a step-by-step plan for implementing your personalized social writing strategy.
Connecting with a College Textbook Publisher in Changing Times
Presenter: Sean Wakely, Vice President of Product and Editorial, FlatWorld
College textbook publishing has changed in many significant ways over the past twenty years. While the industry is still dominated by a small number of large publishers, their product and business models have evolved greatly. Pressure to create a variety of low-priced product options and resulting decreases in growth and profit have caused many publishers to pull back on the acquisition of new products. Consequently, acquisitions editors have often begun to focus on managing existing titles rather than on acquiring new products. If you are flexible, persistent, and creative, you can still find opportunities to write or contribute to a college-level textbook. Sean describes the current college textbook publishing landscape and provides you with actionable ideas about how to approach and form a relationship with the editorial staff who are responsible for bringing new writing talent into a publisher.
Erica Machulak, PhD., founder of Hikma Strategies offers a framework and actionable strategies to write research narratives that inform and engage non-specialist audiences. Lean how to develop a brief, effective research summary tailored for a target audience beyond your field who may or may not have a research background, and explore how to create common ground, prioritize key points, preserve credibility, and invite curiosity.
Templates & Samples Resource Library Preview
Market Review Questionnaire Sample
This sample market review questionnaire, contributed by Lorraine Papazian-Boyce, author of ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: A Map for Success, contains two parts: a Text Description, which thanks the reviewers, includes a 1-2 paragraph summary of the conceptual approach, lists the number and names of sections, special features in the text, and supplemental features in the text; and a Reviewer Questionnaire containing 10 questions to ask to focus the reviewer on the content of the chapters.
This Word doc, contributed by Margarita Huerta, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Clinical Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, helps you keep a written record of what you are reading by helping you organize information and thoughts. Writing matrixes help synthesize, rather than just summarize what you've read. Learn more about how to use this log by watching Huerta and Danielle Feeney's TAA Webinar, "Writing a Dissertation and Beyond: Tips & Tools for Launching and Maintaining Your Writing Productivity."
This template was contributed by Juli Saitz, CPA, Partner, HKA. It allows you to track your royalty statements over time by net units, net sales, and royalties earned to better understand how and where your books are selling.
Commit to Submit: 5 Steps to Journal Publishing Success
Systematic Reviews: Avoiding the Common Pitfalls That Lead to Rejection
What to Do When You Receive a Revise & Resubmit Decision
Feedback: Ah, Just Right
3 Tips for Making Revision Decisions Based on Reviewer Comments
Tips for Successful Coauthoring
What You'll Get:
What to consider before coauthoring
Before entering a coauthoring relationship, sign a collaboration agreement
5 Textbook authors share advice on coauthoring relationships
How to determine author order when collaborating with multiple authors
Bringing in a coauthor requires 'reconstitution' of book project
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