Category Archives: Publishing

Derek Gregory’s tribute to geography editor John Davey

Posted on April 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory has written a nice tribute to geography editor John Davey, who died recently. Davey worked with Edward Arnold and Blackwell, and published David Harvey’s early books, as well as many others, including Derek’s Geographical Imaginations. I didn’t know him in person, … Continue reading →

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Can you have too much writing time? – some discussion at Explorations of Style

Posted on April 24, 2017 by stuartelden

Can You Have Too Much Writing Time? A few weeks ago, I received an email from a former student, asking for some advice about managing a summer of writing. With her permission, I am sharing her email and my reflections on … Continue reading →

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Research hacks intermezzo: A cornucopia of writing and publishing advice from Stuart Elden – Christopher Watkin

Posted on April 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Research hacks intermezzo: A cornucopia of writing and publishing advice from Stuart Elden – Christopher Watkin links to my list of writing and publishing posts, and picks some of his favourites. This is part of his series of Research Hacks … Continue reading →

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Unpaywall – a Chrome and Firefox plugin to find open access versions of articles

Posted on April 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Unpaywall is a new Chrome and Firefox plugin to find open access versions of articles. If you go to a journal article webpage with this installed, then it will give you a green logo on the right side of your browser if … Continue reading →

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Christopher Watkin, Research Hacks 8 and 9 – arguments and knowing when to stop

Posted on March 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Christopher Watkin, Research Hacks series continues. #8: How to know when “good enough” is good enough in academic writing #9: Building an argument with the “it’s not as simple as that” tool You can read the rest here. There are … Continue reading →

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Some responses to the post about ‘Why I prioritise writing books over articles, even in an era of research assessment’

Posted on March 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Some responses to the post about ‘Why I prioritise writing books over articles, even in an era of research assessment‘. The post got a lot of hits, partly through multiple retweets. While I also replied to the comments I saw … Continue reading →

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Off to Maynooth and Dublin – talks on Terrain, publishing and Foucault

Posted on March 23, 2017 by stuartelden

It’s a little difficult to treat today as just another day, after the events in London yesterday, but I’m just about to head to Ireland for a couple of events. This evening at 4pm I’ll be giving a talk entitled “Terrain: … Continue reading →

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Why I prioritise writing books over articles, even in an era of research assessment

Posted on March 20, 2017 by stuartelden

There is a widespread perception that the UK higher education system emphasises quantity over quality in terms of publications, and that there is a constant need to write and submit journal articles. Yet in a six or seven-year research cycle, … Continue reading →

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Wyl Menmuir – How to finish a novel: tracking a book’s progress from idea to completion

Posted on March 20, 2017 by stuartelden

Although it is a very quantitative model, and suggests quite a linear mode of working, this is an interesting reflection which should be useful beyond just writing fiction. Wyl Menmuir, ‘How to finish a novel: tracking a book’s progress from … Continue reading →

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Raul Pacheco-Vega’s research resources

Posted on March 18, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve linked to Raul Pacheco-Vega’s research and writing technique posts several times. He had now got a page which collects these – grouped into categories. I have blogged a lot about a broad variety of different topics. Many people ask me if … Continue reading →

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