Since the advent of computer software capable of writing essays, I have noticed a sharp uptick in the technical quality of my ...

In fall of 2024, I led a workshop for postdocs on how to engage undergraduates in the face of so much competition for their attention. Afterward, when we met for lunch, the postdocs quickly turned the ...

When we bought our house a few years ago, the primary selling point for me was the home office. It featured a wall of built-in bookshelves and another with windows overlooking a small woods. This was ...

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I'm not much of a programmer, but I do all of my writing using a tool traditionally used for programming. I actually spent years using Microsoft Word, the tool I, like many others, grew up using for ...

I've recently accepted the fact that I am, and always will be, a pen-and-paper kind of gal. When it comes to writing, nothing does it for me quite like the act of scrawling by hand. I’m more creative, ...

One of the challenges of writing is...writing. Here are some tips that I've found most useful for myself, for actually getting words onto the page: 1. Write something every work-day, and preferably, ...