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July 31: Time to Check In

Literature Reviews Beyond the Gap

July 27-31: PNP Writing Circle Check-In

The Case for Ordinary Writing Sessions | Ep. 48

July 24: Time to Check In

The Literature Will Always Be Larger Than Your Book

Something New: The Book Strategy Intensive

July 20-24: PNP Writing Circle Check-In

July 17: Time to Check In

Your Writing Plan Is a Google Doc, Not a PDF | Ep. 47

Managing that Mid-July Panic

July 13-17 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

July 10: Time to Check In

Why "Originality" Is an Overblown Writing Goal | Ep. 46

Academic Writing Doesn’t Have to Suck

July 6-10 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

July 3: Time to Check In

The Hidden Curriculum of Academic Book Writing, Part 2 | Ep. 45

I'm recovering from achievement burnout.

June 29-July 3 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

June 26: Time to Check In

The Hidden Curriculum of Academic Book Writing Part 1 | Ep. 44

The Familiarity Paradox

June 22-26 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

June 19: Time to Check In

How Much of Your Book Can Come from Published Articles? | Ep. 43

Writing a Book When You’re Trained to Write Journal Articles

June 15-19 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

June 12: Time to Check In

The Consistent Writer Is Not the One Who Never Gets Sidetracked | Ep. 42

The Explorer-Writer's Secret Weapon

June 8-12 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

June 5: Time to Check In

Peer Review Is Not a Verdict | Ep. 41

June 1-5: PNP Writing Circle Check-In

May 29: Time to Check In

Why Your Book's “So What” Feels So Vulnerable | Ep. 40

A Book-Writing Pace You Can Sustain for Years, Not Weeks

May 25-29 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

May 22: Time to Check In

The Creative Work of Academic Thinking

May 18-22 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

May 15: Time to Check In

What Lifting Heavy Things Taught Me About Writing | Ep. 39

Summer Is Here. Let’s Make it Count!

May 11-15 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

May 8: Time to Check In

You Don’t Have to Start with an Outline Either | Ep. 38

Why I Never Start with an Outline

May 4-8: PNP Writing Circle Check-In

May 1: Time to Check In

Why Saying No Still Feels Impossible After Tenure | Ep. 37

April 27-May 1 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

"I'm So Busy": Unpacking the Rhetoric of Overwhelm in Academia

Rethinking the Academic Conclusion | Ep. 36

The Tenure Sprint with the Invisible Finish Line

April 17: Time to Check In

How to Respond Strategically When Readers Ask You to “Clarify Your Argument”

The Big Beautiful Block of Time Myth | Ep. 35

When Readers Say “Clarify Your Argument,” What They Usually Mean

April 13-17 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Your Missed Deadline Is Trying to Tell You Something | Ep. 34

"Do You Regret It?"

Sometimes setting more goals is not the answer

March 30-April 3 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

March 27: Time to Check In

March 27: Time to Check In

In Defense of Binge Writing

March 23-27: PNP Writing Circle Check-In

March 20: Time to Check In

The Graveyard of Abandoned Writing Systems | Ep. 33

Why Productivity Culture Has Such a Stranglehold on Academia

March 16-20 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

March 13: Time to Check In

Feeling Like an Imposter in Academia Is Often Structural, Not Personal | Ep. 32

Perfectionism Isn’t a Personality Trait—It's a Survival Strategy

March 9-13 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

March 6: Time to Check In

Your Book Doesn't Need to Revolutionize Your Field | Ep. 31

The Hidden Drain on Your Scholarly Energy

March 2-6 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

What It’s Really Like to Work With Me in Book Coaching | Ep. 30

Feb. 27: Time to Check In

The Book-Writing Progress You Keep Ignoring

Feb. 23-27 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Feb. 20: Time to Check In

The Hidden Cost of Too Many Projects at Once | Ep. 29

Revision Isn’t Editing. It’s Thinking.

Feb. 16-20 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Feb. 13: Time to Check In

Why I Don’t Tell Scholars to “Just Sit Down and Write” | Ep. 28

Lighthouse Thinking: Writing for Readers, Not Reputation

Feb. 9-13 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Feb 6: Time to Check In

Writing is a relationship, not a test | Ep. 27

The Problem Isn’t Motivation. It’s Friction

Feb 2-6 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

The Dissertation-to-Book Series: Everything in One Place

Jan 9: Time to Check In

Letting Go of the Writing That Got You Here | Ep. 26

Trained Not to Trust Ourselves

Jan. 26-30 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Jan 23: Time to Check In

Diagnosing Dissertation Mode in Your Book Manuscript | Ep. 25

Five Key Shifts from Dissertation to Book

Jan. 18-23 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Jan. 16: Time to Check In

What Coaches Notice That Academia Often Misses | Ep. 24

Why I Hired a Coach (And Why You Might Need One Too)

Jan. 12-16 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In

Jan 9: Time to Check In

What to Pay Attention to This Year | Ep. 23

Let Me Reintroduce Myself

Jan 5-9 : PNP Writing Circle Check-In