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Six Key Resources on Professional Writing

1.

Boice, Robert. Advice for New Faculty Members. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

Topics: increase productivity, creativity, and “publishability,” learn to teach with high levels of student approval, involvement, and comprehension

2.

Boice, Robert. How Writers Journey to Comfort and Fluency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994.

Topics: motivation, imagination, fluency, control, audience, resilience

3.

Cantor, Jeffrey. A Guide to Academic Writing. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993.

Topics: the politics of publishing, the writing process, writing for journals, conference papers, grants

4.

Gray, Tara. Publish and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar. New Mexico State University, 2004.

Topics: the politics of publishing, the writing process, writing for journals, conference papers, grants, books

5.

Rankin, Elizabeth. The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Topics: strategies to make the job of writing more manageable, journal articles, executive summary, grant proposals, curriculum guide, and consultants report

6.

Thyer, Bruce A. Successful Publishing in Scholarly Journals (Survival Skills for Scholars, Volume 2). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1994.

Topics: selecting appropriate journals, preparing and submitting manuscripts, reviving rejections, writing revisions, marketing

 
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