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vandawilcox.bsky.social
I haven't been talking about it but I *have* been writing. Lots of interruptions caused by cats, children, the need to earn a living etc etc but I wrote 1325 words today and 1150 yesterday and the book is Happening! 58,000 words in the manuscript so far. #AcWri #AmWriting
vandawilcox.bsky.social Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · Jul 17
My pile of currently-in-use books, and wow, it's a relentlessly fun time
#AmWriting #AcWri #AmReading
Pile of books: Giorgio Rochat- Le guerre italiane 1935-1943 Angelo Del Boca - I gas di Mussolini Angelo Del Boca - Gli italiani in Libia Nicola Labanca - La guerra d'Etiopia Gooch - Mussolini and his generals Gustavo Ottolenghi - Gli italiani e il colonialismo Giampaolo Calchi Novati - il Corno d'Africa nella storia e nella politica Claudio Vercelli- Soldati Alberto Stramaccioni- Crimini di Guerra Anthony Mockler - Haile Selassie's War
October 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (02/11/2026) is PURSUE: to follow; work towards a goal; try to capture. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky
November 2, 2026 at 7:21 AM
apastyle.bsky.social
"Headings identify the content within sections of a paper. Make your headings descriptive and concise."

#AcWri #APA7 #APAStyle

Learn more:
apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...
October 30, 2026 at 3:18 PM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (30/10/2026) is CITE: to acknowledge a source of information by providing a reference; to mention. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky
October 30, 2026 at 7:02 AM
ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social
Patrick is sharpening his pencils. He does this to warm up for writing.
Patrick has lots of pencils.
He doesn't use pencils to write.
Patrick is procrastinating.
#PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc #acwri
November 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (03/11/2026) is OCCUPY: to fill a space or period of time; to hold possession of. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky
November 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
lseimpactblog.bsky.social
👀ICYMI | "What unites all writers who have used this method, is that the carving out of time and engaging in focused intentionality has laid the foundation of a healthy writing practice."

#AcademicSky #AcWri
How one writer’s dilemma led to an international movement - LSE Impact
Writing groups modelled on the Shut up and write format have had a big impact on universities and have been carefully studied. However their wider development and impact is less well understood. Jason...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
goldenrod-ed.bsky.social
Are you so tired you no longer know why you care about writing? This FREE workshop will help you remember why it matters to you. Hands-on exercises will link core values to your writing practice. Join us!

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#AcademicSky #PhDSky #AcWri #PhDlife #writing
Banner announcing the workshop including the date: Tuesday, November 10, 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern via Zoom
October 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (28/10/2026) is DENOTE: to indicate or signify; refer to. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 28, 2026 at 7:32 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (29/10/2026) is EXTRACT: to take a substance (or information) from a source. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM
therealrw.bsky.social
How problematic are citations as a measure of research performance? VERY. @peterwoelert.bsky.social's piece lays it all out!

"once citations became a target, they ceased to be a good measure."

futurecampus.com.au/2026/10/12/w...

#AcademicSky #Research #ResearchImpact #AcWri
Why Citations Are Moribund
Its hard to see how citations can continue to be used as an indicator of research performance, Peter Woelert writes.
futurecampus.com.au
October 27, 2026 at 2:04 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (27/10/2026) is REFINE: to improve; purify; remove unwanted constituents. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 27, 2026 at 7:05 AM
textpulse.bsky.social
Editing a ChatGPT Draft Into a Submittable Manuscript

textpulse.ai/blog/how-to-edit-chatgpt-output

#GradStudent #AcWri #LiteratureReview
Editing a ChatGPT Draft Into a Submittable Manuscript
October 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (26/10/2026) is COMPILE: to gather from various sources into one book, report, collection or list. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky
October 26, 2026 at 8:35 AM
lseimpactblog.bsky.social
💥New | How one writer’s dilemma led to an international movement

✍️ Jason Murphy & @tylershores.bsky.social

#AcWri #AcademicSky #ShutUpAndWrite
How one writer’s dilemma led to an international movement - LSE Impact
Writing groups modelled on the Shut up and write format have had a big impact on universities and have been carefully studied. However their wider development and impact is less well understood. Jason...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 23, 2026 at 10:16 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (23/10/2026) is ACADEMY: an establishment of tertiary education; a college for specialised education or training. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 23, 2026 at 7:10 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (21/10/2026) is COMPOUND: something composed of two or more items (e.g. a chemical compound composed of two or more elements, or a grammatical compound). More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 21, 2026 at 6:36 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (22/10/2026) is CLAUSE: a group of words containing a subject and a finite verb; a part of a written (especially legal) document. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 22, 2026 at 6:09 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (20/10/2026) is ENERGY: the capacity for work; the ability to be physically or mentally active. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 20, 2026 at 6:28 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (19/10/2026) is LICENCE: permission (usually documented in some way) from an authority to possess something or do something. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
#AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky
October 19, 2026 at 7:07 AM
drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social
My article "Disability and Queer Fiction" is now out in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies. It reads Radclyffe Hall and Truman Capote on sexual inversion and the queer-crip body, and on queer fiction's unspoken ableism. doi.org/10.1093/9780... #DisabilityStudies #Queerlit #acwri
REFERENCE ARTICLE Disability and Queer Fiction Get access > Declan Kavanagh https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197852668.003.0083 Published: 16 October 2026 66 Cite & Permissions . Share y Abstract This article traces the interconnections between disability and queerness in two early examples of the queer anglophone novel, namely Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness and Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms. The literary analysis that follows explores how early 20th-century authors such as Hall and Capote differently approached depictions of sexual inversion in their fiction in ways that signaled the invert body as freighted with crip cultural meaning. In analyzing the queer-crip bodies detailed by these writers under the banner of sexual inversion, this article recovers textual moments of resistance, allegiance, and generative transgression while also simultaneously holding space for the nonprogressive, negative, even ugly literary history of queer fiction's unspoken ableism.
October 18, 2026 at 11:28 AM
wingspan.bsky.social
When does a methodological convention become a rule nobody questions?

My new paper explores why we identify participants (using numbers or pseudonyms) in qualitative research, and whether this always adds analytical value.

Hope it's as fun to read as it was to write!

#QualitativeResearch #AcWri
October 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (16/10/2026) is SYMBOL: a sign, word, or graphic which represents an idea or an object. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 16, 2026 at 6:46 AM
writing.support
ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY
Today's word (15/10/2026) is AUTHOR: the writer of a text, such as an article or a book. More, with examples from authentic texts, at www.writing.support/academic-wor...
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October 15, 2026 at 6:46 AM
lseimpactblog.bsky.social
🗣️"The researchers most likely to be penalised for non-disclosure are the same researchers who turned to AI out of structural necessity in the first place"

#AcWri
AI promised to democratise academic publishing – the evidence says otherwise - LSE Impact
It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM