"I often write when I can’t stand to not write any more." – Shambhawi Tripathi lttr.ai/ARMlG #AcademicWriting #theacademicwriter

"I have always written and wanted to write." - Megan MacKenzie Read more from 'the (academic) writer' blog series 👉 lttr.ai/ARMlN #AcademicWriting #TheAcademicWriter

"No matter how much writing I do, each time I start a chapter, I text my close friends to say that I don’t think I know how to write a sentence." – Shambhawi Tripathi Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ARMlR #AcademicWriting #theacademicwriter

"I continue to [write] because I enjoy it and because there is immense satisfaction that comes from writing something that is meaningful and important to me." – Will Clapton Love this! More from Will here 👉 lttr.ai/AS7Hr #AcademicWriting #theacademicwriter

"The hardest part of writing is making space for it, and taking that space seriously." – @marieb_atelier lttr.ai/AQCmJ #AcademicWriting #TheAcademicWriter

"I do see myself as a writer – a chaotic one, but a writer, nonetheless." - Lucy Hall Lucy Hall: the (academic) writer ▸ lttr.ai/ALF2B #AcademicWriting #TheAcademicWriter

"We have this vision of our brains coming up with ideas that our fingers then type out, and that This Is Writing." (And, spoiler alert, this is not how most people – anyone? – writes.) Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ATzKn #HigherEducation #EarlyCareerResearcher

"Even in the midst of deep writing, I am still taking walks, peering at wrens in shrubs, and searching for sea glass, often in company." – Shambhawi Tripathi Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AT4CC #AcademicWriting #theacademicwriter

"I would like my words to find as many homes and friends as they can." - Q Manivannan Read more of Q's gorgeous reflections 👉 lttr.ai/AUgBc #AcademicWriting #TheAcademicWriter

"I don’t write now because I can write but because I cannot do without writing." – Swati Parashar स्वाति पाराशर lttr.ai/AUgCa #AcademicWriting #TheAcademicWriter

Lots of amazing folks have just started new faculty jobs, and it's prompted me to reflect on the last 5 years of my TT experience. So here are 15 lessons I wish I'd learned earlier as an academic:

What PhD examiners expect from you...

No US President has ever given birth so explain to me why suddenly we think that’s necessary

When I talk to ppl who zombie through corporate jobs, they say, "I don't hate it. It's fine".  "I don't hate it. It's fine" is what husbands say in loveless marriages. 2 yrs ago, I left academia for a 250K job inundated w pseudowork & bs meetings. I quit. 4 things I learned:🧵

"Writing is only hard because I know I won’t want to stop once I begin." – Shambhawi Tripathi lttr.ai/AVwFF #AcademicWriting #theacademicwriter

"And this would be my tip for you today, on how to navigate academia: have a plan to get out, even if you never use it." Read more of my musings on how to navigate academia (ah, hindsight is a marvellous thing) 👉 lttr.ai/AW7sy #HigherEducation

"The pressure you ­– I, we – feel isn’t because you’re not doing enough. We’re feeling this pressure because academia as a business is broken." For the full blog skedaddle on over to 👉 lttr.ai/AZwee #HigherEducation #EarlyCareerResearcher #AcademicCareer

"I don’t think of [blank pages] – or of new projects – they all pile in on top of each other…" – Prof Marysia Zalewski lttr.ai/AaQVO #AcademicWriting #TheAcademicWriter