Writing an essay? Here are some tips.
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Academic Publishing Trends: A Strategic View
How do publishing trends relate to the roles and skills for academic writers? See this interview with SAGE’s Katie Metzler.
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Continue ReadingHow to Run an Academic Writing Retreat
Since it started in 2011, Academic Writing Month has seen a growth of workshops and initiatives aimed at helping researchers to prioritise writing projects. In 2020, as many researchers are in lockdown and working from home, there are new challenges for concentrating on and completing writing. In this post, Andy Tattersall outlines his experience running online writing […]
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Continue ReadingAnd So to Conclude: In Search of a Happy Ending
Is there anything worse than writing conclusions? Even beginnings are easier, I find, than summing up, because I can trick myself into starting by telling myself ‘I’m just taking some notes‘. ‘I’ll put that quotation I like as an epigram.’ And don’t get me wrong. I love reading conclusions. What academic doesn’t? I could never read EVERYTHING in full, […]
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Continue ReadingThinking about writing a journal article?
If you are thinking that journal articles will help your career advancement, see these posts about editorial perspectives.
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Continue Reading#AcWriMo Post Script
Academic Writing Month is over, academic writing continues! See two timely resources.
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Continue ReadingHow to take a social media sabbatical as an academic
Social media can be beneficial or distracting. Need a break?
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Continue ReadingHow multimedia has changed social media and what it means for academics
Today’s academic writers need to think about more than writing. Media and social media extend our reach.
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Continue ReadingQ & A: Dissertation to Book?
We received lots of questions in our recent webinar about publishing books, so we’re answering them in a series of posts. This questioner asks about moving from dissertation or thesis to book.
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Continue ReadingMaking Sense of The Knowledge Explosion with Knowledge Mapping
Two years ago, when Bernadette Wright and Steve Wallis were working on their book, Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Evaluation, they contributed this guest post to introduce a Knowledge Mapping approach. There has been a vast explosion in the number of academic publications – journals, articles, posts, and books of all kinds. So much […]
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Continue ReadingAcademic Writing Month Webinar: Registration is Now Open!
The November webinar, Write a Book! From Acquisition to Publication will feature SAGE editors and experts. They will explain how each step of the process works and discuss best practices for authors. Registration is open now!
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Continue ReadingPlanning to edit a book?
Want to edit a book? Think about your goals and editorial style, then make a plan!
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