Is there such a thing as an anticapitalist developmental editor? www.thenarrativecraft.com/post/is-ther...

The best thing you can do to get enthusiastic & timely responses to your book proposal from scholarly publishers? Send your inquiries to the right presses for your project! My free challenge in April can help you figure out which presses those are courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/perf...

I was glad to provide some insight for this article about the struggles authors sometimes face with scholarly publishing (which are so often structural and not due to the intentional negligence of individual editors)

Delighted to see my 2 forthcoming books in @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social's March newsletter: *Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage* (OUP March 26) & *Women, 'Failure' and Academia*(Bloomsbury Apr 26). Thanks, Laura! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Had a chance to listen to @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social talk about the process of writing book proposals for academic presses this morning, and it was so informative & insightful! If you’re thinking of writing a book, read hers first, seek out her workshops, & check out resources she offers for free!

If you have concerns about the production of your book manuscript or how a publisher is engaging with AI, *please* ask your dealbreaker questions well before you are holding a contract in hand. You will lose months if not years if you wait until after peer review (and likely won’t get what you want)

👩‍🏫 Faculty! 📣 Head to our website to find suggested language to include in your syllabi to show your commitment to supporting trans people in the Rutgers community! 🏳️‍⚧️ https://loom.ly/y1jdWCo

Congratulations, @nimojo.bsky.social!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you @timeshighered.bsky.social for publishing my essay advocating for the value of developmental editing in scholarly writing & publishing! Takeaway for authors: learning to edit your own work in this way will help you get published better (and faster)

This discount means you can get 30% off both THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK and MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK this month. 30 bucks total for the pair (whether you’re at the conference or not) press.princeton.edu/search?searc...

My workshop that will teach you how to write an outstanding book proposal for scholarly publishers starts in about 20 minutes ⏰ If you can’t attend live, you can still register for the recording (but registration closes today, FYI) courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/outs...

I’m genuinely curious how people are dealing with their inboxes today. FIFO? LIFO? A secret third system?

Very honored that my book has received the 2025 @labortechresearchnetwork.org Book Award! From LaborTech: "Trans Technologies is empirically rich, compelling in its theoretical framework, and a timely and important contribution at a time of heightened vulnerability for the trans community."

Hoping to publish a book in 2026? I've got a series of free webinar recordings to help you get in the right mindset and avoid the most common sticking points for scholarly authors. All the recordings are free to access, but registration is closing on December 31st. Thread (with links):

Thanks for sharing, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social! If anyone wants an even more detailed guide through the book peer review process, I have a free webinar on it too (but today is the last day to get it) courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/surv...

Laura Portwood-Stacer (@lportwoodstacer.bsky.social) also has a helpful, thorough blog post from a few years ago on writing a letter of response: manuscriptworks.com/blog/reader-....

Career Advice Reminder | The Good Enough Manuscript Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough when it comes to sending your manuscript to a publisher, Laura Portwood-Stacer writes. https://bit.ly/4pZoHvV #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Hoping to publish a book in 2026? I've got a series of free webinar recordings to help you get in the right mindset and avoid the most common sticking points for scholarly authors. All the recordings are free to access, but registration is closing on December 31st. Thread (with links):

I was ultimately able to donate $350 to @trevorproject.bsky.social today thanks to your registrations 🙏 Registration is still open (and the discount for unfunded scholars remains)

There's free shipping today from @bookshop.org so here's a reminder that I have a curated list of my favorite books on writing and publishing that also functions as a great gift guide for the scholarly writer in your life (including yourself) bookshop.org/lists/recomm...

Got a question about writing & publishing your scholarly book? A specific situation that you can’t find advice for on the Internet? Come to my AMA on Dec 3rd! I’ll can also talk abt editing & running an academic/editorial business if anyone has questions courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/ama2...

Donating $200 so far! (Will keep tallying until tomorrow night)

I’m holding a new book proposal workshop on January 9th! I’m donating 50% of all registration fees today to @trevorproject.bsky.social There’s also a 25% discount for unfunded scholars Save your spot today & write an outstanding book proposal in 2026! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/outs...

I’ve used both books and they are excellent. Together they can guide a scholarly writer from the early stage of refining a book ✨ idea ✨ all the way to refining a book manuscript 📕.

About to email the promo team at @princetonupress.bsky.social and see if we can get “Painful but effective” added to the Praise tab on The Book Proposal Book homepage 😍

The Book Proposal Book ebook is 30% off right now at @princetonupress.bsky.social and so is Make Your Manuscript Work! Use code PUP30 at checkout Tell your friends & nemeses! press.princeton.edu/our-authors/...

Today @katelynknox.bsky.social reviews @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social's Make Your Manuscript Work for #FeedingTheElephant, stating that chief among the many merits of the book are "naming and demystifying a crucial step in the lifecycle of any academic publication: developing a manuscript."

I needed to know this. (from Make Your Manuscript Work, by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social)

I loved this interview because I, too, took 15 years from starting a project to publishing the book from it. We are the many 🤗

“For anyone out there struggling to write because you’re distracted, or tired, or sick, or scared—I’ve been there. Take care of yourself and your communities…. your book will be there when you get back.” Thx to @nickcav.bsky.social for the wise advice newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/a-book...

For anyone out there almost done with a book, I wanted to recommend this newsletter from @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social about the final stages of publication! It happened to reach me just as I was moving into this phase w/ @ucpress.bsky.social newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/after-...

Starting in 10 minutes! You can still sign up (and if you miss it live you’ll get the recording link tomorrow)

Free webinar today! How to give better feedback on scholarly writing (with less stress & more impact). All faculty, acquiring editors, series editors, journal editors, volume editors, special issue editors, peer reviewers, and freelance editors welcome! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/feed...

Reporting back that I got $274 in donations and sent $548 over to the LA Regional Food Bank this morning. Thanks everyone! Winners of the drawing will be contacted this week

I’m raising funds for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank today. You Venmo me any amount, I’ll match it and send over the total to LARFB tomorrow! Any amount puts you in a drawing for a free ebook of The Book Proposal Book (giving away 5 copies so you’ve got a good shot) venmo.com/u/Laura-Port...

In this helpful blog post, Laura Portwood Stacer provides some constructive advice to go along with the “don’t do this” warnings with six types of book proposals that don't work. Read on here: manuscriptworks.com/blog/6-book-...

"I'll just have AI index my book." Please don't. Whether you'll be working with a professional indexer or hoping to index your own book, this looks like a great free webinar on the 101s of Indexing! tinyurl.com/ync23enc

I was listening to the @academiclife.bsky.social podcast episode with the inimitable @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on my way home today, and lo! what was waiting in my mailbox 🤩 Make Your Manuscript Work finally made it from UK warehouse to my house!

MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY gets a shout-out in today's issue of the newsletter! Laura's newsletter was a huge help to me in getting it published, including contract negotiations.

Out today: my behind-the-scenes interview with @dandipiero.bsky.social, author of the new book BIG FEELINGS, just released by @uofmpress.bsky.social Read for some perspective on the ins and outs of publishing and promoting a second book newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/big-fe...

Authors, you can now search an official database to see if your books are part of the Anthropic settlement. My book is in there, and I just filed my claim. 💸 Search here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

I thought The Book Proposal Book by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social is amazing and I recommend it to everyone.

I’m giving a free workshop *today* on how to connect with editors at scholarly publishers. Let’s take some anxiety out of this first step so you don’t let fear or confusion about norms keep you from moving forward with publishing your book courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/conn...

Invaluable perspective here for academic authors on how to think about how your book fits with a given UP list, & how editors think about what they're looking for. #writing #publishing 🗃️ newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/alyssa...

I am very fortunate to work with some extraordinary colleagues at @columbiaup.bsky.social. Here's an excellent interview w/ one of them. Alyssa Napier talks about her work as an editor and university press solidarity w/ faculty in higher ed. tinyurl.com/5cr43j73 @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social

Please check out this excellent interview with my fabulous @columbiaup.bsky.social colleague Alyssa Napier about her new list in sociology and black studies and the challenges of being a university press worker in our current climate

I’ve been lucky enough to work alongside Alyssa (& hope to resume doing so post sabbatical) and she’s wonderful. Quick, clear, and a real lover of authors and books. I hope you’ll reach out and share your sociology book project ideas with her!!

"I want to encourage a sense of solidarity in my relationships with my authors, and in the ways that we recognize all sorts of disruptions are happening for people right now and how we have to accommodate the work that we do to account for that." newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/alyssa...

Congratulations to @bilgeyesil.bsky.social on this well-deserved award for her book! 👏🎉🙌