writing Novelty and Historical Arguments 10 Aug 2017 I’ve spent much of this summer working on revising my book manuscript based on readers’ reports (huzzah!), which has meant lots of editing, re-reading, new reading to catch up on…
writing The History of My Own Writing 6 Jul 2016 Over the weekend, I spent some time re-reading my book manuscript on print media and the American Revolution, which was based on my Ph.D. dissertation. Comments came back from the…
writing Model Writers 1 Jun 2016 Based on an endorsement by Liz Covart, I've been reading Roy Peter Clark's How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times. It's a guide to brief writing (defined as…
Post Office Post Office Update #1 10 Mar 201610 Mar 2016 In a post a few weeks ago, I half-promised that I might write more frequent updates about my current research project. Inspired by John Fea's updates on his book on…
Professional Making the Academic-Public Audience Transition 11 Feb 2016 Over the past few weeks a group of historians whom I respect deeply have been debating and discussing the advantages and drawbacks of writing for academic and popular audiences (the…