How I Encourage My Prolific-ness

So I think it's time to tell you guys my secret - I post three times a week because I have blog posts queued up for three months in advance. I just keep churning them out! When it comes to writing, Writer's Block has (touch wood!) never been my problem. Sure, I've been told to…

Professional Brands Review: eShakti

Do I write reviews? Often - but usually on the official channels so people can find them easily (Hi Zomato!). However, since I really want to write a full piece about this company I'm plastering it on my blog. Online shopping can be fraught with risk. Clothes that arrive not-as-pictured, not fitting, or worse -…

Writing an Interesting Research Question

https://patthomson.net/2018/03/19/writing-bad-research-questions/ The linked article was very useful even though it focused on the opposite of today's blog topic. In outlining how to write a bad research question (and providing a priceless book reference to read later), I was able to check my current work against the 'what NOT to do' and identify that - while…

Methods for Writing a Paper – Me

To follow from the article I linked by Raul Pacheo - who in many ways 'sets the standard' for the kind of researcher I dream of becoming - I thought I'd post my process as it stands today. How do I write articles, and how do I decide which ones to write? My process is…

How To Get Fired From My Team

Dear Reader, If you are accessing this particular blog post, fear not - you are not the person I have fired from my research project. By the time this post is posted I will have performed a 'spring clean' of my project's contributors and have started anew. I do not know where this decision will…

A Method for Writing Papers – Raul Pacheo

http://www.raulpacheco.org/2018/03/two-methods-for-writing-a-paper-outline-answering-questions-and-listing-topic-sentences/ Bless this man and all he shares on the internet. I loved reading this article, and will try the method for my next paper!

Two Dozen Years

A lot has changed since my first dozen years. This is usually the time of year where I reflect on the year past more than New Year's Eve. That's because, for me, a whole year has actually passed. I'm now approaching the age my parents were when they had me, their eldest child. Would I…

How To Write An Annotated Bibliography

It should go without saying that when you google the title of this blog post, there will be thousands of results guiding writers towards this particular genre of writing. This post is for those who find themselves here and wanting my advice. An ABib tends to follow a similar structure regardless of the field you're…

Literature and Database Management

After a surprisingly successful post on Twitter I'm here to 'formally' write about my process of Literature and Database Management. I've been asked what my excel spreadsheet looks like, what's in it, and whether they can get a copy. Because I'm not confident on the copyright on things my supervisors send me I won't link…

Learning How To Write

My social media accounts have displayed academic discussions on 'why are students so poor at writing when they enter university?'. A reasonable question with a simple answer, but one which returns a challenging solution. The answer was simple; students are not being taught to write, and older generations of academics are considering writing skills as…