Category Archives: Writing

David Beer video interview with Katherine Hayles

Posted on June 25, 2025 by stuartelden

David Beer video interview with Katherine Hayles A few weeks ago I interviewed Katherine Hayles about writing, reading, using theory, being interdisciplinary and about various aspects of her books and ideas. The interview is now available as a video on the Media … Continue reading →

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Two recent pieces by Jo van Every on writing

Posted on February 21, 2025 by stuartelden

Two recent pieces by Jo van Every on writing – Conferences as motivation to write – Untangling your thoughts as you write There are lots of links and posts on Writing and Publishing on this site, including other pieces from … Continue reading →

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Jo van Every – How do I know when my book is ready to submit?

Posted on October 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Jo van Every – How do I know when my book is ready to submit? Some good advice here – and not just for new authors. There are a lot of other Writing and Publishing posts and links on this site … Continue reading →

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Rachael Cayley, Thriving as a Graduate Writer: Principles, Strategies and Habits for Effective Academic Writing – University of Michigan Press, May 2023

Posted on August 11, 2023 by stuartelden

Rachael Cayley, Thriving as a Graduate Writer: Principles, Strategies and Habits for Effective Academic Writing – University of Michigan Press, May 2023 Thriving as a Graduate Writer offers a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted challenges of writing in graduate school. It … Continue reading →

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Italo Calvino on writing

Posted on April 11, 2023 by stuartelden

Italo Calvino, The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction, trans. Ann Goldstein (Penguin) – two nice passages about writing, taken from the title essay. I have to say that most of the books I’ve written and those I have it … Continue reading →

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Indo-European thought project update 6: beginning the Leverhulme fellowship, my self-imposed guidelines for writing and time-discipline, and some summer cycling and writing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by stuartelden

I’m in the incredibly privileged position of beginning a Leverhulme major research fellowship this week, to work on the Indo-European thought in Twentieth-Century France project. As a note to myself, I’m going to try to work with the guidelines I set myself seven years … Continue reading →

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Journal peer review is increasingly challenged – there are no easy solutions, but here’s a few thoughts

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Journal editors struggle to find reviewers; authors face unreasonable delays with their papers being reviewed. Reviewers receive a lot of requests. Peer review is particularly challenged in the present moment. But it has been creaking for a long time. Without … Continue reading →

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Dave Beer, ‘Editing Bits’ – reflections on writing and editing

Posted on August 27, 2021 by stuartelden

Dave Beer, ‘Editing Bits‘ – some very interesting reflections on writing and especially about stages of editing a manuscript. There are lots most things about Writing and Publishing – posts from me and links on this site.

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 8: a nearly complete draft of the chapter on art, and progress with literature and linguistics

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

One excellent piece of advice I picked up sometime in June [here] was that while it might make sense to think of the autumn term as the beginning of the academic year, for research it makes sense to think of … Continue reading →

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Minor revisions – new podcast from editors of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

Posted on January 21, 2021 by stuartelden

Minor revisions – new podcast from editors of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space introduction from Eugene McCann here; Episode 1: Luiza Bialasiewicz & Sabrina Stallone, ‘Focalizing new-Fascism’ here Minor Revisions is a podcast that demystifies the process of writing for … Continue reading →

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