Laura Portwood-Stacer

Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social [ View ] May 11, 2024 at 12:55 UTC

When peer reviewers comment on stuff like reference formatting and spelling -- stuff that will be addressed anyway in copy editing -- it tells me they're approaching it too much like grading and not enough like actual peer reviewing

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 18:52 UTC

‼️ THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK is $10 right now. This is the deepest discount ever offered (even cheaper than I can get it as the author!!) so go get it and write your book proposal this summer! Makes a great grad gift for PhDs too

Use code FIFTY when you check out

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 15:02 UTC

It definitely feels like we have more important things to focus on right now, but if you still want to write a scholarly book proposal with expert support this summer (May 28–July 12), my Book Proposal Accelerator opens for enrollment tomorrow

Manuscriptworks.com/accelerator

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 13:18 UTC

The best way to avoid getting rejected by book publishers is to send your book proposal to the right publishers.

Learn how to figure out which publishers those are for *your* book:

courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/chal...

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 15, 2024 at 22:11 UTC

Sometimes I get asked about book proposal rejection rates at different presses. My response is coming in this week’s Manuscript Works newsletter.

You can subscribe here if you’re not getting it already: newsletter.manuscriptworks.com

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 23:29 UTC

Thank you, that’s motivating!

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 16:38 UTC

I’ve been quiet on here for many reasons but one is that I’m trying to finish my third book. It’s a guide for scholarly writers on how to apply professional developmental editing techniques to your own manuscripts. If I finish a chapter draft today my reward is the library book sale tomorrow

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 13:18 UTC

The best way to avoid getting rejected by book publishers is to send your book proposal to the right publishers.

Learn how to figure out which publishers those are for *your* book:

courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/chal...

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 05, 2024 at 18:07 UTC

Los Angeles couldn’t let NYC dominate the weird natural phenomenon discourse today so it decided to hail

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 04, 2024 at 18:44 UTC

Multiple alums of my Book Proposal Accelerator have emailed me today to share the publication dates for their forthcoming books! I’m always delighted to get more proof that the program works as intended 🎉

The next session starts in May: manuscriptworks.com/accelerator

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 03, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

Incredible opportunity if you have a book proposal you need eyes on

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 26, 2024 at 20:42 UTC

So many good questions (and I hope a lot of reassuring answers for scholarly authors) in this new podcast episode from Leslie Wang that I had the honor of guesting on

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 25, 2024 at 18:47 UTC

New subscribers to the Manuscript Works Newsletter get 30% off The Book Proposal Book (plus weekly tips on scholarly book publishing)

Newsletter.manuscriptworks.com

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 23, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

Last day to donate and get in the drawing for this merino wool scarf. There aren’t too many people in the running at the moment so you’ve got a good chance 😉 $1 = 1 entry, you can give as much as you want. The money goes to Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry, Feeding America, and WCK Thank you!!

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

Haha totally! If you’re using an email service provider like MailChimp or ConvertKit they should have some guides published online to tell you how to update your settings

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 22:53 UTC

Gmail and Yahoo have recently (in late February) adopted new policies regarding spam and email senders. If you haven’t updated your DKIM and DMARC settings with your email provider it might be worth looking into (my eyes glaze over at this stuff but apparently it matters haha)

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

It was in my spam folder too but thankfully I saw these posts. Marked safe so hopefully Gmail learns!

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 19, 2024 at 17:13 UTC

Love Kate’s tip about mining your book proposal and query letter for material to plop into your author questionnaire. (If you’ve used The Book Proposal Book Chapter 4 you have a great head start already!)

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 19, 2024 at 17:09 UTC

My newsletter tomorrow will have a sneak peek at my upcoming Book Proposal Accelerator including dates & costs.

If you aren’t subscribed yet (or think you might have gotten dropped off accidentally in the move from Substack last month), you can sign up at newsletter.manuscriptworks.com

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