Leanne C. Powner

Self-Care Saturday! How are you planning to REST this weekend? Rest is the foundation of productivity, not the outcome of or worse, reward for it.

REMINDER: The US changes its clocks this weekend!! If you're scheduled to meet with a US-ian next week, check with them to confirm meeting times! www.timeanddate.com will help you coordinate!

REMINDER: The US changes its clocks this coming weekend!! If you're scheduled to meet with a US-ian next week, check with them to confirm meeting times! www.timeanddate.com will help you coordinate!

I'm planning out my newsletter schedule for the next couple months. Any thoughts of things you'd like a research & book coach to talk about?

(Newsletter. Once - maybe twice - a month. NOT all disguised sales pitches [very little, actually]. Actual useful insights. Join me at eepurl.com/dBR-6P )

It's Five-Minute Friday! What's one small thing Today You can do to make Monday You's life easier? No ideas? Open the window for a bit to air the room out, reply to a coauthor, or review your writing plan for next week.

The best thing you can do to make writing your dissertation easier is to read some of them first. Check you university’s library and skim a few from your program. Get a sense for scope, depth, writing style, citation patterns. What elements of this are missing from your plan?

You cannot write without reading. You cannot write without thinking. You cannot write without analyzing. Stop thinking about research productivity as only words on the page!

Excellent! May I recommend a Bailey's buttercream icing to top it?

.... I'm glad for you. But my brain read that hashtag as "DGaF" which sounds like a much more fun conference. I am largely out of f's to give at this point, though I suspect that conference would site itself in Cancun or the like instead of Muenster.

Crap, I found a second one. That's what I get for sucking it up and guilting myself into opening the file.

I should stop now.

I'll write your midterm if you write one slide on the causes and consequences of journal ranking schemes...

I have ONE MEASLY SLIDE left to make for tomorrow's class session.

I cannot even bring myself to open the file.

It's going to be a looooong afternoon.

You cannot write without reading. You cannot write without thinking. You cannot write without analyzing. Stop thinking about research productivity as only words on the page!

Your voice is what we want to hear in your writing. Every time you quote, you are literally handing over your voice to someone else. Is that a person we REALLY need to hear from? In qualitative evidence, often yes. In your lit review or theory section? Almost certainly not! Those are YOURS!

a panda bear is laying on a wooden bench with the words motivation status : lost written above it . Alt: A panda bear is laying on a wooden bench with the words motivation status: lost written above it. In the animation, the panda slowly rolls off onto the grass.

My motivation is missing today. If you find it, please send it back.

I'd almost rather have that. We don't have a date yet and without a date we can't sign on a house and can't pack up what's going to storage and can't plan for what we can reasonably eat in 5..or 6...or 7...or maybe even 9 weeks.

Perilously low supplies include mayo, salad dressing, beef base, and tahini.

This is putting a serious crimp in my cooking style!

Yeah. 2 in my immediate circle (one due to an e-board change). Everything I see says it's MUCH tougher to publish now than 10 years ago. I seem to recall much more editorial decision-making after an R&R, with less second-round review that opens doors to more edit requests.

I still have 6 weeks until I move. I am now out of sambal, sriracha, dijon mustard, and gluten-free panko.

And now the kitchen conundrums start: What should I buy and open knowing that I'll be leaving before I can finish it??

I very much appreciate that info. No one I have is working with the APSR right now, though several have expressed a sense that the number and extent of rounds make it infeasible for them. It's good to have more accurate info to relay. The 3x cases that I mentioned are both second tier journals.

AND a request for a third set of comments from her on someone else's paper at a different journal. I'd be very curious whether, overall, articles go through more rounds of review now than they did a few years ago. It certainly seems like an increase in the decade I've done coaching & editing.

That is interesting, as I don't think that's the perception of anyone I work with who's interacted with the APSR lately. One client currently has both her third set of reviewer notes (not APSR) - which are still requesting big changes, including one proposing to go from a full art to a letter -

Thank you! I'm hearing way too many folks going 3 rounds and getting rejected lately. I don't think I've had a client get a paper in with only one round in ... probably 2 years? (at least of the ones I know of)

Cheese science, but also pairing suggestions that are immediately available. Mainstream wine varietals and jams/spreads/crackers, etc. Sure, this cheese would go great with a hint of honeysuckle and a rare Japanese fruit. Would it also go great with a Barefoot merlot and a kiwi?

Question for pol sci: Has ANYONE managed to get an article accepted with only one round of R&R in the last couple years?

If so, do you mind telling me what journal?

Monday Giggle!

Because the world burning needs a grim smile for relief every now and then.

Monday Giggle!

Because the world burning needs a grim smile for relief every now and then.

Could be something that's been rejected a couple times, something that doesn't quite feel like it fits anywhere obvious, something interdisciplinary or otherwise quirky... Happy to share attributed or unattributed as you prefer. leanne@leannecpowner.com

Hey political science/international relations folks: Does anyone have an article they're struggling to find a placement for? I'm doing an activity with a class this week where they have to propose a journal for an abstract that I give them. I'm happy to workshop actual abstracts - DM or email me!

Sunday Planning time! Synch your calendars & check the meal plan. When does Chaos Season start for you & your family this term? What steps can you take (freezer meals, shared childcare, etc.) NOW to minimize the Chaos?