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Suzana -Worth focusing on one topic or range of issues rather than covering everything. -Can be written by different authors -Posts on professional blogs don’t have to be very frequent, but should have some substance -Writing suitable for reading from screen

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Check statistics. It will give you an indication about interest, audience and time when it’s best to make announcements on Twitter to reach your audience.

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Another way to show your expertise and communicate with the professional audience by writing shorter and lighter pieces

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-A variety of different topics and outlets -Difficult to find a new topic - choose your perspective

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-Contact editors before sending your article

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Consider that some blogs post magazine articles and the other way around (e.g. LARK blog posts the Research Column from Incite) Generally, blog posts tend to be more informal, but the line isn’t always clear.

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Ideas: where to start What are you going to write? Authors are people like you! Authors can be at the beginning of their academic careers like many of you in this room who are undertaking research degrees. Authors may be more senior and experienced and may have been published many times. However, what all authors have in common is that they all have a very particular story to tell, be it from a Doctoral or a Master’s thesis, a project or a research problem. Perhaps you've been working as an advisor, research collaborator or consultant. Whatever the stimulus, you have the basis for a publishable paper.

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Co-authorship as a possibility Don’t discount writing a paper with someone else. Some work benefits greatly from the joint input of more than one mind. We often publish papers jointly authored by the student and supervisor or by people across departments or institutions. There are one or two extra things to keep in mind if doing this. Be careful when joining together sections of the paper written by different people. The paper will need reading and editing to ensure consistency of language and avoidance of duplication and conflicting statements. Also be careful to agree with your co-authors who is going to be the corresponding author and in what order the names should appear on the published paper. On the plus side, writing with another lets the authors concentrate on their own strengths – one might be better at the data analysis or a far better writer. This kind of collaboration is especially useful when writing and publishing cross-disciplinary research. The authors are able to demonstrate that the different disciplines have been represented properly which all adds to the authority of the writing.

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Suzana -Focus here on the most common type – paper on original research

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Peer-review process -You can contact editor(s) to check if your topic is suitable

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Bhuva Beyond authorship As well as writing there are other opportunities to get involved in the world of scholarly publishing. These can bring all sorts of additional benefits, as well as enhancing your status and allowing you to keep up to date with key developments in your discipline. It offers the opportunity to make a contribution to your field of research and build a network of peers around the globe.

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Submitting a book proposal As previously stated, there is a difference between books series and books. This has an effect on the commissioning process. Should you have a proposal for a new text book, you would complete the publisher’s proposal form