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A Meeting With Your Writing: Acknowledgements

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Jo VanEvery

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of A Meeting With Your Writing, I’d like to properly and publicly thank those who helped make it happen.  I want to thank all the people who inspired me, taught me, and supported me as I developed A Meeting With Your Writing. There are others who have had […]

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Burnout is real!

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Burnout is real! As the Covid19 pandemic and related adjustments extended over months and years, conversations about burnout seemed to increase. The additional pressure of the pandemic seems to have pushed several people over the edge. A client who was already working with me to move a book project […]

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Why join the Studio in the summer?

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

You probably think of summer as the easiest time of year to focus on research and writing. You’ve probably been looking forward to it for months because of that. So why would you want to join the Studio? Some people who attend A Meeting With Your Writing regularly during the main part of the year, […]

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Introducing: The Academic Writing Studio

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

The Beginning When I started A Meeting With Your Writing back in September 2011, I didn’t even know if it would work. All I knew was that virtual accountability and community was needed, and that I was prepared to facilitate something that might help. Now, it feels central to everything I do. Participants have told […]

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Peer review supports academic writing!

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Peer review supports academic writing This post is an excerpt from the 4th book in my Short Guides series, Peer Review (A Short Guide), was published on 15 November 2019. I also offer a class called Dealing With Reviewer Comments which is based on the principles elaborated in this book. […]

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Shame, vulnerability, and academic work

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Shame, vulnerability, and academic work I am somewhat allergic to celebrity. I will admit that my tendency is to avoid things that everyone is reading and talking about. However, as I was writing about peer review for my Short Guide, I realized I needed to do some reading with […]

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Peer Review and emotional labour

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Jo VanEvery

This is an excerpt from my most recent Short Guide: Peer Review (A Short Guide) which was published on 15 November 2019. The one sentence summary that has been guiding my own revisions is “Peer review supports academic writing!” The book has 3 main chapters: One giving an overview of peer review in scholarly publishing. […]

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The value of voluntary peer review labour

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Jo VanEvery

What follows is a excerpt from my most recent Short Guide to Peer Review. I approach peer review as primarily editorial labour, with the goal of improving scholarship. I question the use of “gate keeping” as a metaphor for the role of peer reviewers in making recommendations to editors regarding publishing decisions, while recognising that […]

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About the Short Guides Series

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

As I was finalising the third volume in this series of books, my editor suggested that I might want to write a series introduction. I published the first volume, The Scholarly Writing Process in November 2016. The 2nd volume, Finding Time for your Scholarly Writing was published in April/June 2018. Volume 3, Scholarly Publishing, was […]

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Selecting a Journal

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

The third volume in the Short Guides series, Scholarly Publishing, was published in January 2019. In this edition, I focus on the big picture of publishing for scholarly audiences. After discussing the purpose of publishing for scholarly readers and what is meant by making a contribution to the advancement of knowledge, I look in detail […]

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The power of 15 minutes a day

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

This is an excerpt from Finding Time for your Scholarly Writing (A Short Guide) which was published in late March 2018. In the Short Guide, I expand on the concept of 3 types of writing time. This excerpt is from the chapter on how “Short Snatches” of time can help keep your motivation going. One of […]

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Incorporating writing into your workload: The Research Day

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

This is an excerpt from Finding Time for your Scholarly Writing (A Short Guide) which was published in late March 2018. The research day is a full day each week kept clear of teaching and meetings. The advantage of this way of thinking is that it makes a clear temporal boundary between different responsibilities and […]

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