Browse by Tags

All Tags » Writing   (RSS)
Building up your writing productivity
21 September 08 07:40 PM | robyn.owens | 1 Comments   
I've been thinking a lot recently about the way in which scholars become productive writers. It's not just that a scholar writes - a productive scholar writes a lot. So, with the analogy of pumping weights at the gym, how can you build up your writing Read More...
Filed under:
My sympathies
12 November 07 08:26 AM | robyn.owens | 1 Comments   
Recently I was asked to Chair a review of one of the University's schools and now the hardest part of the job is calling for my attention: the writing of the review report. The review is carried out over three days, with three external reviewers from Read More...
Filed under:
Thought of the day
12 October 07 09:36 AM | robyn.owens | 2 Comments   
I found this on the Wordsmith website this morning: Thought of the Moment: We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice -- that is, until we stop saying 'It got lost,' and Read More...
Filed under:
Et al.
22 June 07 09:37 PM | robyn.owens | 3 Comments   
Et al. is an abbreviation for et alius which means "and another" or et alii which means "and others." Because it is an abbreviation, there is no period after "et" but there is after "al." Et al. is commonly used in citation (the practice in scholarly Read More...
Filed under: ,