Have you registered yet? Here are the top 11 reasons why you need to attend TAA’s 28th Annual Textbook &…
Refusal to publish: What you need to know
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The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: March 27, 2015
“You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.” ~John…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: March 20, 2015
“The only writer to whom you should compare yourself is the writer you were yesterday.” –David Schlosser Simply put, I…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: March 13, 2015
I’m excited for a few reasons this week. First, spring-like temperatures have arrived and stuck around for multiple days. (Woot!)…
What motivates you to write?
What is the one thing you need when you sit down to write? I don’t mean the obvious pen and paper or computer, but that one other thing that you always have when you write? Maybe it’s a tall-soy-caramel-macchiato and a corner booth at the local coffee shop. Maybe it’s a stack of papers with all of your research, or an expanding file folder packed full, yet obsessively organized, with research material. Maybe it’s not even a physical thing or place. Maybe it’s nothing more than a seed of an idea or a spark of inspiration.