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Laura Portwood-Stacer, Jeopardy Champ (she/her)

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A really common piece of advice given to scholars when talking about their research (whether in a book proposal or other context) is to answer the "so what?" question. I

Most lifestyle choices are not equally accessible to all people. Even well-meant advice that doesn’t take this into account can feel exclusionary & frankly shitty when you’re the one who’d

For every piece of content you put in your book, you need to know the answer to the question “why is this here?” And the answer has to point back

FYI: peer review for scholarly books is not generally anonymized both ways. Part of what reviewers are asked to assess is the market for the proposed book. Your author platform—the

This is a thread for ppl who just finished their dissertation & want to turn it into a book. 1st, congrats, you’ve completed one the hardest projects (maybe the hardest)

When I decided to leave academia 6 (!) years ago, I threw myself into a new book project as a way to “be productive” while on unemployment. My therapist at

Today I continue my long-standing (er, 2-week) struggle to complete my Author Questionnaire for my publisher's marketing & sales department. Current task is to write 25–50 word summaries of each