This week’s most useful posts are a great mix of academic, grant, and textbook content—plus a few “fun” pieces. Each…
TAA Spring Webinars for Textbook & Academic Writers
Join us for these upcoming Text and Academic Authors Association webinars for textbook and academic authors. These 60-minute sessions connect…
The most useful textbook & academic writing posts of the week: January 16, 2014
“Writing: somewhere between torture and fun.” I’m not sure about you, but this is how I often feel about writing—more…
TAA Vice President’s message: Top 10 reasons to be a textbook and/or academic author
Why should anyone want to write textbooks, journal articles, or other academic publications? After all, prospective authors can never be…
Richard Filipink receives TAA Publication Grant
Dr. Richard M. Filipink, an associate professor in the History Department at Western Illinois University, received a TAA Publication grant…
Melissa Renn receives TAA Publication Grant
Independent scholar and researcher Melissa Renn received a TAA Publication Grant to support her forthcoming essay, “‘The Famous Iwo Flag-Raising’: Iwo Jima Revisited,” which will be published in History of Photography in early 2015.
“As an independent scholar and curator, the grant provided funding which helped offset the fees connected with reproducing news images and Life magazine spreads in my article. I am very grateful to TAA for their generous support,” said Renn.