Academic Writing Amplified

What do I mean by radical change, and how does it happen? I am sharing 10 systems for enacting radical change for your writing, your career, and academic culture as a whole.  

Womxn prioritizing th…

Is your career 90% awesome? Do you spend most of your time doing things that are important for your scholarly work? I can show you how to get there.

In my last episode I talked about what radical cha…

Why do we struggle to find  time to write while the academic establishment requires publications in order to maintain or advance our careers? It’s time for radical change.

Designing your career wit…

Do you set intentions for your career and have the skills to follow through with them? I’m sharing a little bit about my own story to shed some light on the difference between control and intention.

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Does writing keep falling to the bottom of your list? Do you think you need accountability to hold you to your goals? I want to show you why you need community instead.

Accountability, or the idea …

The solitary nature of writing can perpetuate the image of the “typical” professor, a lone (male) figure, doing it all alone. But writing together, as womxn, is a radical act!

The image of a typical …

Have you ever struggled with where to publish your interdisciplinary qualitative work? Have you received feedback questioning the rigor of your research or your ability to express it? My guest on thi…

Has your qualitative research article been rejected or given a painful revise-and-resubmit? Here are the 5 things you should do next.

What should you do when your article gets rejected, or you’re g…

Are you comparing where you are in your scholarly journey to where others are? Do you feel like your career isn’t progressing the way you thought it would? I’m sharing part of my story that I hope wi…

The calendar changing from 2020 to 2021 isn’t what will make this year different. What will make this year different is YOU.

2020 is over! But sadly, there has not been much change in the world in 20…

When writing is at the center of our careers, it’s powerful. Here are 5 clues that you might not be putting the priority on writing that you think you are.

We’ve talked many times about the importa…

I’m diving into the idea of “publications as currency” to both debunk the idea and show you how you can make it work for you and your academic mission.

If you’re in academia, you’ve probably heard th…

You know you need to schedule time to write, but keeping those dates is the key to creating a successful writing habit. I’ll show you how.

We’ve probably all heard the writing advice to “make a dat…

I’m in the hot seat on this episode of The Academic Womxn Amplified! I’m sharing an interview of yours truly by Anna Clemens of Scientists Who Write. We cover everything from how (and why) to get wri…

What is “mid-career” for academics? How long does it last and where can you go from here? The answer to that last one may surprise you.

In North America, we have a 3-tiered promotion system. Your e…

Don’t let the wide open schedules of a sabbatical or leave go to waste. Find out how to approach this time to get the most out of it!

It’s something we all dream about—a sabbatical or research leav…

It’s a fresh, new year and it’s time to leave all the “shoulds” in 2020 and plan to be more you in 2021.

Goodbye 2020! My hopes are high for 2021. I encourage you to make this the year that you sto…

Have you ever considered writing a book? I’m sharing the inside scoop on the process for my own book project, from idea to submission.

I know many of you out there have entertained the idea of writ…

There are times, like at the end of a semester, when you might put your writing aside. How do you pick it back up again with the least amount of stress and the most creative potential?

Your workloa…

What actually “counts” as writing? When you give yourself credit for accomplishing your writing, do you only look at the number of words on a page? I say it’s more than that.

We spend a lot of time…