Three (Unsexy) Ways to Write a Successful Grant
Let's be real for a minute: good grant writing is not sexy.
No matter how ambitious, world-changing, and brilliant your idea is, the steps you need to take to write a fundable proposal are seriously mundane.
How to Handle a Setback
This is what I did back when I hit a major, life-threatening roadblock in graduate school and it's what I've continued to do in the face of every setback I've experienced since.
What Saturday Night Live Can Teach You About Grant Writing Strategy
There's plenty to learn about grant writing strategy from an old SNL clip.
Q & A Time
Got a burning question about writing? WHO DOESN'T. Get all your Qs answered here.
#NailedIt: How to Make Your Grant Proposal Stand Out
Once you've prepared all of the required components of your grant proposal, how do you actually make it good? How do you make it stand out? I'll show you.
This is Why Your Unused Writing Isn't Wasted
You should reconsider your wasted writing time.
How to Write in Teams (Without Losing Your Sh*t)
Four ways to make team writing less Lord of the Flies.
What Writers and Athletes Have in Common
If you apply this one principle of athletic training to your writing, you'll be unstoppable.
Nine Ways to Make Grant Writing Less Stressful
Grant writing doesn't need to cause epic meltdowns. Here are 9 ways to make it less stressful.
Four Ways to Improve Your Academic Writing
One of the best ways to hook your readers is to make it easy for them. Here's how.
The Reader is Always Right
One of the easiest things to do when you're writing is to take your reader for granted. Here's how to give them some love.
What's the Point?
There's a productive way to ask What's the Point, and an unproductive way. Here's the difference.
Brain Surgeries and Breakthroughs: My Interview with Jen Riday (Part Three—The Most Important Thing)
In the last post in the series, I talk about the most important thing I've learned in the nine years I've had Camurati-Engelmann Disease.
Brain Surgeries and Breakthroughs: My Interview with Jen Riday (Part Two—Rock Bottom)
In the second part of the series I get more personal about some of the interview questions and I talk about my rock-bottom moment - the moment that changed everything.
Brain Surgeries and Breakthroughs: My Interview with Jen Riday (Part One—The Preamble)
The first of a three-part personal series inspired by my podcast interview with Jen Riday. I talk about living with a rare incurable condition called Camurati-Engelmann Disease and what I've learned from five brain surgeries in nine years.
Why You Need Time Between Writing and Revising
This is by far the piece of writing advice that people hate the most. But it's genius.
Be Ruthless
What Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, and a caper comedy from the eighties can teach you about writing.