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Also had a few panicky grad students hit me about publishing, so I wanted to share these thoughts too about publishing as a humanities scholar.
1. My diss was five chapters. I published one chapter in CS and a partial chapter in a book chapter with a colleague.
1. My diss was five chapters. I published one chapter in CS and a partial chapter in a book chapter with a colleague.
2. Please prioritize scholarly articles and book chapters over book reviews and reference articles. You find your voice going through the peer review process and reference work is *usually* less rigorous because they're snapshots instead of full blown analysis.
3. Research your top journals and journals that publish research that align with your own interests. See who is on the editorial board, how often they publish, how long the process is from submission to publication. This is especially important if you are eyeing the job market.
4. DO NOT SEND OUT ALL OF YOUR PROJECT FOR PUBLICATION. Pick one, maybe two chapters and go with that. Nobody gone wanna publish your project-turned-manuscript when it's 50-11 articles or what not.
4a. Make sure you are not sending out your lit review for publication. Trust, we know what's out there already. What are YOU contributing to the conversation? THAT'S THE SHIT WE WANNA SEE.
5. Rejection is standard. Rejection is standard. Even if you are superstar grad student that the department boasts on, your ass is gone get a no. Maybe a hell no. It's cool. Keep pushin'.
6. I've said this 50-11 times before, but it is okay if your first book (should the spirit move you in this direction) is not your diss. My diss sure as hell ain't LMAO.
7. Public facing writing is a unique monster and tempting when you're dissertation writing because it's new and urgent and different from the topic you've been mulling over for years. Don't get swept up. Finish the diss.
7a. You need to have a choir of voices if your aim is public facing writing. High notes are public facing, runs are usually reserved for academic writing LOL. Find and study voices who do it well.
8. It is okay to experiment with what you want your voice to sound like and what you want its purpose to be. Who you trying to reach? Why? Everybody doesn't read and listen the same. Curate your voice. Curate your writing profile. It's scary but it's necessary.
