Flourish: A Free Electronic Newsletter for Scholarly Writers

Flourish is a free, monthly, electronic newsletter to encourage and connect graduate student, faculty, and independent scholarly writers. Never more than two pages once a month, it tells the stories of those who are surviving and even thriving as writers in academia. Some of the topics addressed are developing good writing habits, sending essays to journals for submission, organizing research material, working with editors and advisors, persevering on books or dissertations, and using citation and presentation software. Flourish is written and produced by Wendy Belcher, author, editor, and lecturer.


To cut down on email traffic, this list is subscribe only. Only Wendy Belcher can send to the list, so you will not receive emails from other subscribers. If you prefer not to receive the newsletter by email (it goes to over a thousand subscribers so spam blockers can block it), you can receive notices of new issues on Facebook.

Volume 4  
April 2008 On editors' minds
March 2008 Manuscript delivery!
Jan-Feb 2008 On the benefits of connection
   
Volume 3  
December 2007 On morning and evening types
November 2007 On sharing writing with peers
October 2007 On finding balance
September 2007 On ambivalence
August 2007 Experienced author's rejection experiences
July 2007 Gender differences in productivity
May-June 2007 Sharing publication experiences
April 2007 The benefits of specialization
March 2007 The neatly boxed failure
February 2007 Sexy dress fund
January 2007     New Year's resolutions
   
Volume 2  
December 2006   Depression     
November 2006   Tricks for the busy
October 2006       On getting shut down or hung up
September 2006   Summer ending
August 2006       Tim filing his dissertation
July 2006      On research on peer review
June 2006      On periphery scholars
May 2006    On Samuel Johnson
April 2006    On journal rejection
March 2006    On getting publishing courses set up
February 2006     On losing your groove
January 2006     Father's first article (and Liz part III)
   
 Volume 1  
December 2005     On eating a car
November 2005  On implosion
October 2005    Liz filing her dissertation (part II)
September 2005    Liz filing her dissertation (part I)
August 2005      On draft saving protocols
July 2005         On the finiteness of summer
May/June 2005   On time management
April 2005       On sharing drafts
March 2005    On feeling guilty
February 2005   On famous rejections
   
 

Note from the Editor

My intention in creating Flourish is to inspire you to write more and to write better. Once a month you will see this brief newsletter in your inbox and I hope you will use it as an opportunity to do a gentle internal check: "Have I been writing? Have I been thinking about publication?" My recommendation is that whenever you get this newsletter, you write an email to yourself about where you are in terms of writing and what you want to do over the next month. Avoid hectoring yourself, just use this newsletter to keep your scholarly writing on the front burner instead of in the deep freeze.


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