If you’ve registered for any of my webinars or courses, you’ve hopefully noticed that I provide audio recordings of all the lessons (in addition to video recordings when applicable). Because I am a nerd, I enjoy listening to professional development stuff like this on my phone while going for walks, running errands in my car, or making lunch.
I’m also a big fan of podcasts. If you are too (or have been podcast-curious), I’d love to share some episodes you might want to check out. Most of these touch on academic book publishing or developmental editing in some way:
The most helpful podcast interview I’ve ever recorded is probably this one with Christina Gessler of the Academic Life podcast (part of the New Books Network). We discussed my list of 10 common problems scholarly authors struggle with in their book manuscripts and how to fix them in revision.
I talked to Philip Shackelford of The Modern Scholar Podcast all about navigating the academic publishing process. Philip had great questions that gave me a chance to reflect on my own scholarly background and what led me to editing and consulting.
This episode of Central European University Press’s podcast on getting published features a conversation between me, managing editor at CEUP Andrea Talabér, and acquiring editor Jenny McCall all about book proposals. This is a comprehensive episode about all the different parts of a standard scholarly proposal.
Here I am on The Editing Podcast talking about academic developmental editing. This is like a mini-version of my free webinar on How to Work With a Developmental Editor. The recording of that webinar is accessible here, if you missed it. If you really want to ease into the topic and get a sense of my approach to it, check out the podcast first.
On the Academics Write podcast, I spoke with editor and scholar Armanc Yildiz. We touched on developmental editing as well as some advice for first-time authors that I think will reassure people who are feeling the pressure of turning a dissertation into a book.
I talked to Christina Gessler on The Academic Life podcast all about how developmental editors can help academic writers. You can also check out my previous interview with Dr. Gessler where we talked in depth about scholarly book proposals.
I had a brief conversation in 2021 with Kim Adams of the High Theory podcast, also about book proposals. This one’s a quick listen.
This one’s not a podcast, but you can get The Book Proposal Book in audiobook format. I didn’t get to narrate the recording myself, so it’s a little weird for me to listen to, but it probably won’t be weird for you if you like audiobooks!