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How Writing Faculty Write: Strategies for Process, Product, and Productivity...
Around 2018, I started reading several books on “how to do a PhD, academic writing, and writing more generally. I did so to help my own doctoral students (by the way, you can read my “Reading Notes of...
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Finishing a dissertation, thesis or book manuscript: A few tips and ideas to...
Because of the COVID-19 lockdown, I have been working from home now basically every day. Since I’m staying at my Mom’s for the duration of the shelter-in-place period, and I have a full-fledged home...
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Staying in touch with your writing: Opening the document on a regular basis
My oldest brother is a tenured, full professor at California State University Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California (USA). As a result, we frequently talk about the challenges and joys of our lives...
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Writing by memorandums
Thanks to a relatively extended bout of health, I have been writing a lot. Even more exciting than that, I’ve been FINISHING UP a lot of papers. This afternoon, I managed to finish a journal article...
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Writing to understand: A personal tale of my journey to become an academic...
I really love writing. I absolutely do. But hasn’t always been like this. As a child, I actually did not like writing very much. Two factors influenced my enjoyment for the actual process. First, my...
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Writing papers using Initial Outlines and Detailed Outlines
Because of the COVID19 pandemic, I’ve had more time (and concentration) to write despite my heavy teaching load (which I hope will not repeat itself ever in my entire life). This Fall term (and this...
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Expanding Detailed Outlines into Memorandums and those into Full Manuscripts
As most of you all know, I’ve been teaching research methods, research design and academic writing for a while now. My students ALWAYS, literally ALWAYS ask me the question: “How do I go from having...
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On the benefits of online writing groups
My life changed right about March of 2020. Well, yes, there’s that pesky thing called a lethal global pandemic, SARS-CoV2, that also changed the lives of absolutely everyone on this planet. But I also...
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Using ethnographic field notes in the actual writing of a paper
A scholar from the global south asked me recently for references or some help on how to use ethnographic field notes in the actual writing of a paper, and how they should be reported (that is, how we...
View ArticleA Scholar’s Guide to Getting Published in English: Critical Choices and...
A good friend of mine (Dr. Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch, Université Grenoble Alpes) recommended two books and my website for anyone starting graduate school (Dr. Houssay-Holzschuch is a human geographer)....
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