#Authors

Agent V

VeroniKaboom

To every author querying in 2020, please know that queries are often the first thing to fall off the Must Do List when everything is in crisis and our current

💋LaQuette Is Busy Writing ALL The Books💋

LaQuetteWrites

You're here to treat her ”like” a member of the writing community? POC authors dont need you to allow us into the writing community. We’re here because we choose to

Ashley Farley

ashleydfarley

Really fantastic article on an uncomfortable topic within the publishing world of "prestige" journals authored by Bård Smedsrød & @LeifLongva #openaccess Thread highlighting what I think are the important parts.

DJ Boogie Sid

DJBoogiesid

Riiight. Lets start the conversation. THREAD!!! The above chart shows a 1year period of how Botswana music was played vs foreign music. Before we go any further lets understand the

Connie Schultz

ConnieSchultz

Writers still release new books, and what a time to be launching our creations into the world. Let's do a thread of books published during the pandemic. Photos and links

Collin Koh

CollinSLKoh

Generally I find RAND research outputs really insightful and useful. But sorry to say that this report is afflicted by certain stereotypes, and some wishful thinking about areas for future

beth phelan

beth_phelan

it seems people DO need to hear this: if you’re advertising yourself as a brand new agency, saying you have 10 or 20 years of “experience in the publishing industry”

Paul Novosad

paulnovosad

Like much regulation, I fear making econ journals the data transparency enforcers has raised the cost of doing research without benefiting anyone.It's particularly bad for young scholars without RA teams,

Shannon Donnelly

smdnyc

As someone who has worked in publishing in a variety of capacities (big 5, indie publisher, freelance), I have had to guide a lot of newbie authors on the best way

Scott Pack

meandmybigmouth

A short thread on myths and misconceptions about the publishing world that I hear from unpublished authors on a regular basis.Please take a seat... 1. THE PROLOGUE IS DEADI really

Namina Forna

NaminaForna

When I tell people it took me 12 years to get an agent, people always act shocked. But the reality of publishing and life in general is that Black people

WoLF

WomensLibFront

Publicly calling for mass, summary executions is unacceptable.https://twitter.com/josh_emerson/status/1348266192583192584 And also, there’s a serious problem with the unaccountable power that Silicon Valley technology CEOs have over our l

Kingfisher & Wombat

UrsulaV

Ah, copyedits, when I find myself leaving comments like "People who speak in semicolons are not to be trusted." That being said, other than a few cases where my vernacular

Jason Sanford

jasonsanford

Time for a rant. I've long had a problem with this quote by author S.M. Stirling: "There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character

Jennifer Midori Miller, PhD

PalaeoJenn

On behalf of my co-authors, I'm happy to share our new paper! We use experimental and archaeological data to reconstruct an ancient bead tradition from Malawi, AND we announce the

David Manheim

davidmanheim

Scientific journal reviews suck because academics suck at reviewing.A tweetstorm with some thoughts on the ethics and quality of the journal review process. 0/9 Giving good feedback is a skill,

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