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developing your research journal jottings original ↗

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A writing-without-fear game original ↗

11 Aug 2026

reflection and reflexivity: a strategy for academic writing original ↗

30 Jul 2026

How to use quotations – ask who is carrying the luggage…original ↗

13 Jul 2026

people do read your thesis original ↗

7 Jul 2026

what’s the difference between reflection and reflexivity?original ↗

30 Jun 2026

ROAM: four questions before you draft original ↗

21 Jun 2026

have a word or two with your data original ↗

15 Jun 2026

Love your revisions original ↗

7 Jun 2026

How to be Reviewer 2 original ↗

1 Jun 2026

Key words – dissemination, communication, sharing original ↗

25 May 2026

who should be checking for AI generated references? original ↗

18 May 2026

From thesis to monograph original ↗

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key word – coherence in research design original ↗

3 May 2026

key word – coherence in academic writing original ↗

26 Apr 2026

placemaking and the academic writer original ↗

20 Apr 2026

key word – concision original ↗

12 Apr 2026

in defence of procrastination original ↗

6 Apr 2026

forwarding – writing with other people’s texts original ↗

30 Mar 2026

the process of writing original ↗

22 Mar 2026

what’s Habermas got to do with academic writing?original ↗

15 Mar 2026

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable original ↗

8 Mar 2026

not an echo chamber: abstract v. introduction original ↗

2 Mar 2026

riffing your way to meaning original ↗

21 Feb 2026

the cruel optimism of peer review original ↗

16 Feb 2026

why go on a writing retreat original ↗

7 Feb 2026

should abstracts have citations?original ↗

30 Jan 2026

small successes count original ↗

22 Jan 2026

ending well original ↗

13 Jan 2026

beginning well original ↗

8 Jan 2026

2025

medical certificate original ↗

14 Dec 2025

Writing About Your Researcher Positioning original ↗

7 Dec 2025

what is “researcher positioning”?original ↗

30 Nov 2025

methodology v. methods original ↗

23 Nov 2025

the problem statement original ↗

18 Nov 2025

three ways to link paragraphs original ↗

8 Nov 2025

research aims vs. objectives – what’s the difference?original ↗

1 Nov 2025

Building confidence during your PhD original ↗

25 Oct 2025

research contribution vs significance original ↗

19 Oct 2025

claims vs contributions original ↗

11 Oct 2025

results vs claims original ↗

4 Oct 2025

Dear Reviewer original ↗

27 Sept 2025

Writing multiple articles from one set of data original ↗

21 Sept 2025

what is criticality?original ↗

12 Sept 2025

emotional support objects original ↗

4 Sept 2025

Five steps towards writing in fragments original ↗

30 Aug 2025

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21 Aug 2025

the cabinet of unrealised ideas original ↗

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conference jitters original ↗

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writer identity and voice original ↗

30 Jul 2025

on predatory academic journals and conferences original ↗

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50 ways to get your writing going original ↗

10 Jul 2025

About the unread original ↗

3 Jul 2025

Is writing every day good advice?original ↗

25 Jun 2025

chapter and article – what’s the difference?original ↗

18 Jun 2025

claude writes a blog post…original ↗

11 Jun 2025

dealing with perfectionism original ↗

3 Jun 2025

the right place to write original ↗

29 May 2025

feedback on academic writing original ↗

21 May 2025

flow and linking, it’s a set up original ↗

12 May 2025

get a grip on big and little research problems original ↗

7 May 2025

concluding well: writing a plausible So What original ↗

29 Apr 2025

productive redundancy original ↗

23 Apr 2025

inventing new words original ↗

17 Apr 2025

writing with research partners part two original ↗

7 Apr 2025

writing with research partners – part one original ↗

31 Mar 2025

doctoral experiences – there are literatures original ↗

21 Mar 2025

how to avoid RRI – Reader Replication Irritation original ↗

11 Mar 2025

literatures – look for blind spots original ↗

3 Mar 2025

the deep research hangout original ↗

23 Feb 2025

On not writing bad writing advice original ↗

10 Feb 2025

Is a journal a “market”?original ↗

2 Feb 2025

authorship for contract researchers original ↗

27 Jan 2025

Authorship for post/PhDers – author order original ↗

19 Jan 2025

Authoring for post/PhDers – the problem of gift authorship original ↗

12 Jan 2025

writing from the PhD part two original ↗

6 Jan 2025

Patter is back original ↗

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writing from the PhD part one original ↗

29 Aug 2024

category is – limitations, part two – the thesis conclusion original ↗

12 Aug 2024

Category is – “limitations” part one original ↗

29 Jul 2024

Getting over bad/limited advice – journal article introductions original ↗

8 Jul 2024

what do you do for your reader?original ↗

23 Jun 2024

on bad writing advice, again original ↗

10 Jun 2024

do you read – or talk – your conference paper?original ↗

29 May 2024

your conference paper – already published or work in progress?original ↗

20 May 2024

a musing on email signatures original ↗

13 May 2024

creativity and giving up on knowing it all original ↗

29 Apr 2024

white ants and research education original ↗

23 Apr 2024

Anticipation original ↗

15 Apr 2024

research as creative practice – possibility thinking original ↗

8 Apr 2024

research as – is – creative practice original ↗

1 Apr 2024

On MAL-attribution original ↗

25 Mar 2024

a brief word on academic mobility original ↗

19 Mar 2024

Key word – claim original ↗

11 Mar 2024

key words – contribution original ↗

4 Mar 2024

research key words – significance original ↗

26 Feb 2024

a thesis is not just a display original ↗

20 Feb 2024

should you do a “side project”?original ↗

12 Feb 2024