Category Archives: publication plan

2021 is nearly done – but 2022?

Posted on December 20, 2021 by pat thomson

Living with Covd19 has not been the occasion for an unexpected and bonus writing retreat. Well, it might have been for a few. But for most people, working from home didn’t become the occasion for increased productivity. Many people had … Continue reading →

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publishing from the phd – make a publication plan

Posted on May 21, 2018 by pat thomson

There are two ways to approach publishing from your PhD. One is to write the first thing that interests you. Or the recent thing that you presented at a conference. Or write the thing that someone very important has invited … Continue reading →

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conference paper to journal article – getting over the hoarding habit

Posted on May 23, 2016 by pat thomson

Perhaps you are one of those people who writes a conference paper and then sends it off almost immediately to a journal. But perhaps not. Maybe you have rather more conference papers stockpiled than you’d like – conference papers that never seem … Continue reading →

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my academic writing pipeline

Posted on May 19, 2014 by pat thomson

I’ve been asked a lot of questions lately about my own writing practices, so I’m going to post a bit about them over the next week or so. The first question is a common one and it’s about how I … Continue reading →

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writing from the PhD thesis – the publishing plan

Posted on September 7, 2012 by pat thomson

I’m assuming that if you’re reading this post you have a publishing agenda – that is a list of potential articles from the PhD arranged in priority order. I’m also assuming that this might include a book – but I’m … Continue reading →

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writing from the PhD thesis: letting go

Posted on September 3, 2012 by pat thomson

I often meet post PhD people who are stuck. Even though they are now doctored, they are not over the Big Book. Some of them are stuck in thinking how they might get something, anything, out of the thesis. A … Continue reading →

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research track record – how do you get it?

Posted on May 17, 2012 by pat thomson

One of the things that can count for or against you when bidding for research project money is track record. All funders would like to give their money to someone who they are pretty confident can produce the goods. So … Continue reading →

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planning and managing multiple writing tasks

Posted on May 2, 2012 by pat thomson

Henry Miller’s first writing commandment was “Work on one thing at a time until finished”. I find this almost impossible to do. It’s so impossible that much of the time I think that it’s not a sensible rule – well … Continue reading →