It’s a weird week for academia-adjacent advice-giving, so I will admit to being a little less excited than usual to put the newsletter out today. A few days ago, a tweet thread offering advice for the academic job market went viral and then received some (deserved) backlash from those who pointed out that writing a “better” cover letter or teaching statement won’t alter the structural conditions that ensure a scarcity of full-time positions and shut so many perfectly good candidates out of permanent employment. So yeah, I hope I never come off as if I think following my suggestions about book-writing and publishing will somehow let you game your way into tenure or a job or anything else within the shitshow that is the contemporary academy. I’m in this to help you write a book that you feel good about, to write the book you want to write that has the best chance of reaching the type and size of readership
Who is your book *really* for?
Who is your book *really* for?
Who is your book *really* for?
It’s a weird week for academia-adjacent advice-giving, so I will admit to being a little less excited than usual to put the newsletter out today. A few days ago, a tweet thread offering advice for the academic job market went viral and then received some (deserved) backlash from those who pointed out that writing a “better” cover letter or teaching statement won’t alter the structural conditions that ensure a scarcity of full-time positions and shut so many perfectly good candidates out of permanent employment. So yeah, I hope I never come off as if I think following my suggestions about book-writing and publishing will somehow let you game your way into tenure or a job or anything else within the shitshow that is the contemporary academy. I’m in this to help you write a book that you feel good about, to write the book you want to write that has the best chance of reaching the type and size of readership