#Manuscript

Was chatting with my wife about some particularly challenging revisions to manuscripts, saying that I was struggling to push through them. She asked how I persisted and we ended up
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I've been performing more manuscript assessments and sensitivity reads this year, and I keep coming back to two questions: What is this story about? Why are you the person to
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There are a bunch of resources to study Catholic minorities online.@CatholicRS has been devoted to publishing edited sources. AND recently, all these got digitised and are freely online (YAY!):https://issuu.com/tcrs  The
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As I dig into the edit notes for Book2: Electric Boogaloo (working title) I thought a thread on my process with revisions could be helpful to some. I've used this
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Yesterday, I had a manuscript accepted that I’ve been working on for 9 years. It was accepted at the same journal that rejected it 8 years ago. For anyone who
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good morning! #LockdownBestiary #NotALion Good Friday’s #LockdownBestiary animal is the #NotALion https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.276.107.b hope you enjoy! #LockdownBestiary #NotALion https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/f34.item oh
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I don't understand why CS conferences rely on a peer review system in which real revision is not possible. At @NeurIPSConf for example, author responses are limited to 1 page
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One thing I wish I could give aspiring romance writers a crash course on is writing deep emotional POVs. One of the biggest technical flaws in submissions for me is
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Good morning! I promised that I would spend some time this morning giving you a tour of @StaBi_BerlinTheol. Lat. q. 140. There’s a lot to love about this manuscript. Buckle
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This is such a tough time for authors.An author friend recently had a virtual book launch and hardly anyone showed up.Another learned they're not getting ARCs.Another's sales for their last
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Medieval marginalia of knights fighting snails have had a weird heyday on the internet, but did you know that the motif was mostly a brief 20-year fad from 1290 to
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If you're thinking "you know what, now is the time for me to publish a we're-all-humans-colorblind-all-lives-matter kumbaya-diversity-makes-us-more-productive" piece, I really wish you'd read the room.No, not the room
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There is a difference between a book being banned and people shaming the publisher for giving a platform to hate mongers. Freedom of expression doesn’t guarantee an audience. Hate mongers
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2020 marks the 1000th anniversary of Ferdowsi's death, whom died at age 81 in 1020. Ferdowsi has not only endured for a thousand years but has also defined the very
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One Year On. Our scrapbook.Kids do get #COVID19 Kids can be #Asymptomatic or #Atypical.Kids can have a mild infection, or get #PIMSKids can get #LongCovid 2000 kids NOT yet better.
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Over the course of my career, I have been an Associate Editor at three journals. Finding reviewers was one of the most difficult parts of the job. Today is the
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