Publishing is the currency of academia. But if publishing is so important, why is it so hard to find time to write?

Making Time to Write exposes how women's experiences with writing in their careers are mired in the racist, ableist, patriarchal culture of academia that was built to exclude them. Building on her experience navigating the academy to become a tenured, full professor, and her work as a writing and career coach for hundreds of academic womxn, Cathy Mazak guides readers through the work of finding and honoring writing time. In the process, readers learn to build their careers around their writing practice instead of letting writing occupy the edges. From mindset work to creating a relationship-based writing system, Making Time to Write shatters the myths around writing every day (you don't have to), accountability (it's paternalistic), and motivation (it blames the victim). More than just a how-to guide, Making Time To Write is a manifesto on the feminizing of academic culture through reshaping women's writing practices.

• Focus on women grad students, researchers, and professors
• Hosts podcast called Academic Womxn Amplified with over 175K unique downloads
• Posts weekly live videos in the private Facebook group with 15K members
• Sends weekly emails to 21K subscribers
• Grow YouTube presence
• Utilize organic strategy of social media free content giveaways
• Target Inside Higher Education, Times Higher Ed, The Academic Woman Magazines
• Provide virtual book tours to University writing centers
• Submit to major industry reviewers, including Publishers Weekly and Foreword Reviews

About the Author
Cathy Mazak was a tenured, full professor when she founded a writing coaching company for women professors, researchers, and doctoral students. Cathy and her team are dedicated to changing the way that academic women leverage writing and publication to create the careers and lives they want through courses and group coaching programs. Cathy has a PhD from Michigan State University and is the editor of several scholarly collections and the author of numerous textbooks and academic journal articles. In her work as a professor at The University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez she attracted external funding for her work in bilingualism and higher education and co-founded a research center. Her popular podcast, Academic Women Amplified, teaches how to use writing to resist the racist, ableist, patriarchal culture of academia. Cathy lives in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.


Book Information
ISBN 9781631958212
Author Cathy Mazak
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Morgan James Publishing llc
Publisher Morgan James Publishing llc