As promised, I’ve gathered a long list of most useful posts for your must-read list this week. This week’s list…
Look who’s keynoting at the 27th Annual Textbook & Academic Authoring Conference
Bob Mankoff, nationally renowned cartoon editor for The New Yorker, will keynote the Text and Academic Authors Association’s 27th Annual…
New TAA Publication Grants awarded
Dr. Amy Rebecca Gansell of St. John’s University, Drs. Jan-Willem van de Meent and Chris H. Wiggins, and doctoral candidate Sakellarios Zairis…
Time management strategies: Take a time inventory
How do you get long-term projects done, given day-to-day realities? It can certainly be a challenge, especially if you suffer…
Video: Join the TAA authoring community
Join TAA today to gain access to the key resources you need to succeed as a textbook writer and academic…
Tips for putting words on the page
Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education by Rachel Toor.
“Frequently I talk with academics who feel they don’t write enough. Even people with a tenure blade dangling over their cervical vertebrae don’t usually have to reach far to find justifications for not getting stuff done. I don’t want to use the word ‘excuses,’ because they are often valid and real problems, and I don’t want to minimize how hard it is to have something to say and find the right way to say it.