by Chris Smith | Aug 19, 2019
Academic publishers don’t like to admit they struggle to get their authors to submit on time, but delayed books or ‘slippage’ is a problem shared by publishing businesses across the world. It’s also a problem crying out for a new approach – this is how you get one. ...
by Chris Smith | Apr 3, 2019
Highly-cited academic authors at the top of their game might seem unreachable for some publishers and scholarly societies. However, research reveals that understanding the motivations of these superstar scholars and leveraging their desire to write long-form and be...
by Jackie Buxton | Jan 25, 2019
When Jackie Buxton was diagnosed with cancer, she did what she always does when life presents her with a challenge: she started writing. Author of award-winning book Tea & Chemo, Jackie shares her 7 best tips on how to write a memoir and develop a piece of life...
by Felicity Griffin Clark | Nov 12, 2018
Until about six months ago I loved writing but always found it an agonising process. This might sound odd for someone who earned their living by writing and who has kept a journal for thirty years. But it’s true. I was so gripped by ‘not good enough’ worries that I...
by Chris Smith | Nov 1, 2018
Starting out in any career is going to be tough – and academia’s no different. But the interim findings of our study into scholarly writing practice suggest that early career researchers – those in years one and two of their career – find it...
by Simon Linacre | Oct 5, 2018
Can Prolifiko be used for other working projects aside from writing? After spending 20 years working in offices, publishing supremo Simon Linacre landed a plumb, home-based job for US company. But he soon came to realise that teleworking can be tough without the...
