Apropos of nothing, I really enjoy the word "slop." It's a very pleasing, useful word, short and efficient but onomatopoeic. Props to the person who first used it.

I've been tantalizingly close to a podcast episode finally reaching 4,000 all-time downloads, and I am impatient.

Are you subscribed to the Drafting the Past newsletter? I shared a little dissertation update that might help if you're stuck on a project, too. Or not, I don't know. buttondown.com/draftingthep...

With extreme reluctance, I have created a Drafting the Past facebook page, in case your or anyone you know prefers their social media content in that particular flavor: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Super weird vibes is this (AI?) local newsletter to which I have somehow become subscribed:

It is straight up humid in Kansas City today and my body and plants are all confused.

Just saw a local museum publicizing a presentation celebrating "women of all walks of life" in local history...with a presentation by a male historian. Nothing says celebrating women like a lecture from a man.

Part of research this morning was watching old storm chase videos and man, I can't wait to write this book proposal.

Dissertation streak continues, despite daylight saving time. 42 days!

Publishing people: is it kosher to give away ARCs to listeners when I'm done with them, or is that considered uncool?

Spontaneous listener survey: I have one very cool extra long episode coming up next month. As a listener, would you prefer just to have the whole long episode (about 1.5 hours) at once, or would you prefer it broken into parts 1 and 2?

Ok, what major breaking news did I miss during this meeting?

@oieahc.bsky.social is accepting applications for a 12-week workshop, The Historian’s Writerly Craft: A Summer Intensive Grounded in Discipline and Artistry, geared toward authors who are working on their second book or beyond. April by 4/20 for the summer workshop! oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...

Is there some sort of switch that gets flipped when you turn 40, where suddenly all the Eileen Fisher ads look like your ideal wardrobe? Asking for a friend, who is me.

I’m so thrilled that THE WESTERNERS made this list of Books to Read in March from @thebookmaven.bsky.social for @latimes.com! Thank you! 🥰📚

If I'm going to keep getting up at 5:30 every morning to write, I'm going to need a bigger coffee pot.

Anyone in Prague want to hire me to give a talk about Drafting the Past to their university at the end of April? Can't quite justify the cost of tagging along on my partner's work trip, but if it were also my work trip... 🤷‍♀️

Blueskis, in the midst of all The Crazy, there was An Unboxing! Were the kittehhhhs impressed? Watch and see.

For the past few years, I've been working on a research study at @aaslh.org exploring who works in public history, how they're paid, and how they feel about their work. This week, we published our first report. Please read and share! aaslh.org/history-work...

“Compiling” is also integral training for life as a teacher and syllabus-builder. There is no shortcut to doing hard things; you just have to do them, and then keep doing them until you get better at doing them.

I have no interest in the debate over whether this KC couple should be allowed to tear down their home and rebuild, but ugh that new design: www.kansascity.com/news/busines... What is happening with house architecture these days??

(pssst we'd love to know what pieces you've loved over the years)

Update: Used one to top a chicken pot pie tonight, highly recommend.

One more thing. If you're interested in this or any book, the best thing you can do to help it find an audience is to preorder it. It's shocking how much they can propel a work into literary (and civic) conversation. The other best thing is to ask your libraries to get it. Purchase options below:

OK, here's something for a moment of distraction: my habit of picking up a box of puff pastry or two whenever they're in season at Trader Joe's means that I have accidentally amassed a lot of frozen puff pastry. What's your favorite thing to do with puff pastry?

This interview was a delightful one, and I was so glad to talk with @rickbell.bsky.social about how he works. Plus, the book is excellent!

Reading this both for work and my podcast and one of the very cool things is that every single Tribe I work with is in this book, and not just name dropped. @mkn.bsky.social did The Work.

Professional jealousy in overdrive today, congrats to all my friends absolutely killing it lately.

What a pleasure to talk to @rickbell.bsky.social about THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD (@riverheadbooks.bsky.social). Hear how he thought about structure and character in a book of such scope--and how it all started in bars and nursing homes. tinyurl.com/rickbell #writinghistory 🗃️

Always a good sign when the investment platform sends me the "tips for handling market volatility" email.

Trying to figure out how to sell podcast ads myself (and do away with whatever weird auto generated ones happen now). Anyone out there done this as an indie show and have advice?

On top of everything else, kiddo is home sick on the day I have to finish a podcast episode, and another interview had a tech meltdown, and I would really like to go back to bed.

A fascinating and informative convo between @draftingthepast.bsky.social host and historian @katecarp.bsky.social and @sonyabonczek.bsky.social, publicity director at @uncpress.bsky.social! 💙📚 🗃

Not to be missed: @sonyabonczek.bsky.social on @draftingthepast.bsky.social!

a great listen @sonyabonczek.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Promised myself i would not listen to this episode until my copy turned up. So glad it did. 1st impressions - better than the Pulitzer & Bancroft winning Attica book @historianheather.bsky.social draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

I would get a lot more done if I didn't spend 20% of my day wandering around my house trying to figure out where I left my coffee mug.

My first podcast appearance 🥹 Thank you to @katecarp.bsky.social for having me on to demystify book publicity! I had so much fun yapping about it all and I’m glad we ended on the hill I will die on: books will ALWAYS matter. Culture doesn’t move without ideas and ideas still start on the page.

Are you a public historian? Join us next week to learn how to set up your pricing structure when you consult! This event is open to anyone, from grad students to experience professionals. Sponsored by @ncph.bsky.social ‘s Consultants Committee and Labor Task Force.

I read about the Tkachuk brothers and now I'm kind of rooting for Canada?

Question for any podcasters out there: is anyone using Captivate as their host? Can I ask you some Qs? (Especially helpful if you switched from libsyn, but any Captivate user would be great)

Has any one come up with a way to mute all screenshots from Twitter? Asking for all of my friends.

Question for any podcasters out there: is anyone using Captivate as their host? Can I ask you some Qs? (Especially helpful if you switched from libsyn, but any Captivate user would be great)

Anyone know the last name of an "Alex" employed at Christie's New York, probably the Antiquities department, in 2017? Trying to interview 🙏

Here it is! www.kansascity.com/sports/olymp...

Gonna need the scoop on Alysa Liu's lipstick.

Alysa Liu just makes me so happy.

Women's hockey on one screen, podcast editing on the other.

A Publisher's Marketplace deal announcement that comes perilously close to my subject is definitely good motivation to hustle on getting to book proposal stage!

Everything isterrible, but I'm so excited about the project @mkn.bsky.social and I are cooking up! 🗃️📚💥