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From Raw Sources to Real Insights
How I Turn Archival Material Into Usable Notes You have your archival materials and sources ready, and now you’re prepared to write. To simplify the writing process, step back and review your archival materials with your main research question in mind: turning your primary sources and notes into a coherent narrative or argument is essential.… →
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Do you have 15 minutes?
A review of Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day During a meeting where I was struggling to write my proposal, my PhD advisor recommended that I read Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Joan Bolker. She’d never steered me wrong before, so I ordered the book as I walked back… →
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What to Expect in 2026
A Guided Year of Scholarship and Creativity I wanted to keep my welcome post separate from my “What to Expect in 2026” post. I believe introducing the blog and outlining what to expect are two distinct topics. Typically, the “What to Expect in 20xx” would be announced at the end of December or early January.… →
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Tips I Wish I’d Learned Earlier
Reading Bird by Bird at the Right Time I picked up Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott a few years back when I visited BookPeople, a fantastic bookstore in Austin,while passing through the city. I proceeded to leave it on my “to be read shelf” for a couple of years. When I decided on books… →
Wendi Kavanaugh 