by Cathy Mazak | Dec 7, 2017 | academic writing, mindset, publishing, time management
During academic year 2015-2016, I had the longest and most amazing maternity leave with my third (and last!) baby. When I came back to work in Fall 2017, my two edited volumes and an article in Anthropology and Education Quarterly were published. Now, because my...
by Cathy Mazak | Sep 4, 2017 | academic writing, mindset, publishing, writer's retreat
Imagine yourself on a writer’s retreat. No committee meetings. No teaching. No grading (weeeee!!!!). No meals to prepare. No small humans or pets to care for. Just you, your writing project, and the focus you’ve needed for so long. But let’s get...
by Cathy Mazak | Aug 10, 2017 | academic writing, mindset, writer's retreat
The more I think about writing in academia, the more I see its parallels with exercise. We know, logically, that we need to exercise our bodies. We know that exercise is an investment in ourselves and our health. We’re stronger, we sleep better, we can more easily...
by Cathy Mazak | Apr 19, 2017 | academic brand, academic writing, mindset, publishing, time management
Does any of this sound familiar? You feel overwhelmed because you are being pulled in a thousand directions. You have this nagging feeling that you should be writing, but you can’t figure out how to fit it in. You have about three articles almost done, two others half...
by Cathy Mazak | Apr 13, 2017 | mindset, Uncategorized, writer's retreat
No time (or money) to get away? That’s ok! Here’s how to create your own writer’s retreat, and why you absolutely NEED to. Imagine yourself on a writer’s retreat. No committee meetings. No teaching. No grading (weeeee!!!!). No meals to prepare. No small humans...
by Cathy Mazak | Apr 3, 2017 | academic brand, academic writing, mindset, publishing
We had a great Google Hangout call as part of the Virtual Writer’s Retreat this week. One of the members began talking about how she had her tenure requirements in the front of her mind all the time while writing. She went on to explain that the requirements include a...
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