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Thanks for telling me, so sorry! It was shared with me as yours, but I should have checked!

Text: The reality is that these labored-over texts are tough to cut. A text that has been substantially revised before having proved its own worth may end up as what I call a "legacy text"; it may read well, but an honest appraisal will tell you that it is unnecessary. You originally thought the topic needed discussing, so you wrote the paragraph. Then, rather than ask if the para- graph was actually necessary, you polished it. All chat polishing may mean that the topic is clearly articulated at the outset, the flow between sentences is good, the individual sentences are strong, the word choice is apt. This paragraph-which is simultaneously good and yet at odds with the aims of the writing-can be a significant challenge. The presence of legacy texts is often a stumbling block for writers, especially those who have more capacity as writers.

Prepping for teaching #AmRevising to grad students. Love this bit from @rachaelcayley.bsky.social's Thriving as a Graduate Writer re "legacy texts." I had my own issue with a paragraph this summer that I'd labored over & polished, but realized no longer fit as the draft developed. Glad I let it go!

Writing Together In recent years, graduate writing programs have increasingly paid attention to the benefits of writing initiatives that harness the power of peer presence, interaction, and collectivity. These social-...

I’m looking forward to exploring this title by @rachaelcayley.bsky.social and colleagues

#writingtogether #socialwriting #AcWri #connection #community

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NEW BLOG: What Walter Ong Can Teach us in our Technological Moment by Jacob Davis: www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/what-wa...

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Thriving as a Graduate Writer Thriving as a Graduate Writer offers a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted challenges of writing in graduate school. It shows readers how to think about academic writing, how to manage an academic...

The @uofmpress.bsky.social Spring Sale is on now! You can take advantage of the 50% off discount by using the code "SPRING25". The sale runs until the end of May and the code works on all books, including mine: press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thri... #GradCom #AcWri #AcademicSky #PhD #ECR #Postdoc

The Book Proposal Book A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal—and seeing your book through to successful publication

The @princetonupress.bsky.social annual 50% off sale is on and it's lowest price you'll see THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK all year (it's even better than my author discount or the bulk purchase discount, so stock up now for faculty & friends). Use code BLOOM50

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If you work in graduate communication support, you are invited to complete the 2025 Survey of Graduate Communication Support! #GradCom

We really enjoyed this conversation about the value of sociality in graduate writing processes! #AcWri #GradCom #AcademicSky #PhDSky

Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin

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Save the date! Planning Q4 (April, May, June) is happening on 21 March 2025 from 10-12 EDT/2-4 GMT. Get guided help to find and protect time for writing despite exhaustion and uncertainty. academicwritingstudio.co.uk/plan-april-m...

If we want better academic writing, we should rethink IMRaD The IMRaD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) is commonplace in academic writing in the social sciences. Øyunn Syrstad Høydal argues that while it may make research writing more eff…

Interesting perspective from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social:
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Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able.

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If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.

Love this!

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

Last call - NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS! Join me for a FREE interactive workshop on goal setting and planning for academics as we kick off the new year. Thurs 3:30 PM ET or Fri 10 AM ET (GMT-5).
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Welcome back, Pat! I'm excited to have your voice back in my life! I have been completely unable to figure out what to do about blogging, so I'm looking forward to see what you next!

Patter is back Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did hav…

I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...

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Excited to get my hands on the actual book! Anyone who is involved in supporting graduate writers should find this edited collection interesting. Thanks to contributors, co-editors, and University of Michigan Press! #AcWri #GradCom #AcademicSky #PhDSky

Reverse outlining, of course!

Tyler Shores and Colleen Mayowski sit in front of a slide that says, "What works? Evidence-based insights into community impact"

At #shutupandwrite symposium: Colleen M discusses self-efficacy and academic writing. High writing self-efficacy would mean a graduate researcher/PhD/PGR has confidence they can write as required for that publication.
Colleen argues for self-efficacy as a proxy for the impact of SUAW. #metrics

Kings Annual Research Culture Symposium - online Join us at the Kings Annual Research Culture Symposium for a day of sharing knowledge, ideas, and inspiration!

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Thriving as a Graduate Writer Thriving as a Graduate Writer offers a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted challenges of writing in graduate school. It shows readers how to think about academic writing, how to manage an academic...

I wrote Thriving as a Graduate Writer to support grad students through the arduous and rewarding journey of becoming the academic writers that they need to be! I talk about about why writing can be so hard and offer strategies for managing complex academic texts: press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thri...

On the reg Inger and Jason talk about work, but you know - not in a boring way. Practical, implementable productivity hacks to help you live a more balanced life. Find us at ontheregteam.com

Hello new/old followers! Some of you may not have seen me for 18 months. Update on doings

I'm still writing about PhD related stuff on Thesiswhisperer.com

I talk about academic work, but not in a boring way with @drjd.bsky.social - On The Reg podcast. Come out monthly here onthereg.buzzsprout.com

Tips for staying sane during academic writing! Particularly relevant during a PhD! #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

I guess I think about alt text quite a bit because it's part of my day job. I notice it's become a point of tension on Bluesky and hardly a day goes by now when I don't see someone complaining that they've been told off for not including it, or for doing it wrong. I'd say... 🧵

So glad to have been part of this excellent podcast episode about the challenges of thesis writing: www.ualberta.ca/current-stud... Many thanks to Suman Varghese and Robert Desjardins at the University of Alberta for their gracious interviewing and skillful production!

Thanks, Erin!