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Tag: Writing

Notes from the Writing Life: To Conference or Not to Conference?

May 4, 2016 Megan Kate Nelson 2 Comments

As I pack my bags to go to the Western Association of Women Historians conference in Denver, I ask myself:…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic conferences, Society of Civil War Historians, Southern Historical Association, Western Association for Women Historians, Western Historical Association, Writing

Is There a Future For Creative Academic Writing in Academia?

February 11, 2016 Megan Kate Nelson 30 Comments

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how and why academics should write for “public audiences.” By this we usually…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic journals, academic writing, creative academic writing, university presses, Writing

5 Strange but Ingenious Ways to Hack your Writing

March 11, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson 2 Comments

There are abundant essays and blog posts out there about how to boost your writing productivity (like this, this, and…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: fountain pens, Jill Lepore, Kent Haruf, typewriters, walking office hours, Writing, writing productivity

Write On

July 7, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 23 Comments

What is it that inspires us to write? The pressure of a deadline? Competitive word counting, à la the #GraftonLine…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Fonts, Productivity, Writing

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