FYI.
The amazing Esther Rothblum, founder and former editor in chief of the Fat Studies journal, has created a new free resource on writing and publishing aimed predominantly at students and early career researchers. She will be posting weekly on Substack as Esther Editor. Visit https://esthereditor.substack.com to view and subscribe, and ignore any messages from Substack to donate, etc.!
Esther would also love to hear reactions and additions from more senior writers in the chat.
Please share with colleagues and students who need mentoring with writing and publishing.
Upcoming posts include:
- How do I find time to write?
- Where should I submit my article?
- How can I stop procrastinating and begin writing?
- What are “predatory” journals? Are there other journals I should avoid?
- How can I get invited to publish?
- What are effective ways I can write and publish with co-authors?
- What do I say in a cover letter when I submit my article?
- How do I mask my article for anonymous submission?
- How do I change US to UK spelling and grammar?
- What is self-plagiarism?
- When can I remind an editor that a decision is overdue?
- What is a “revise-and-resubmit” decision?
- The journal wants to keep copyright of my work! What if I want to resubmit my work elsewhere?
- What are good ways to read and edit page proofs?
- When is a good time to be a reviewer or editorial board member?
- When is a good time to be a guest editor of a thematic journal issue?
- I would like to be a journal editor—how do I do that?