JALT Writers' Peer Support Group

"This is a list of bloggers, magazines and groups happy to review self-pub ELT ebooks."

This TeachThought post sports a table of templates, apparently copyright TeachBytes 2013, for citations in both APA and MLA styles.

"This is the second article in a two-part series dealing with writing for publication."

"This article provides research guidelines for authors intending to sub-mit their manuscripts to TESOL Quarterly. These guidelines includeinformation about the TESOL Quarterly review process, advice on converting a dissertation into a research article, broad introductions to a number of research methods, and a section on research ethics." (Abstract)

Final program for symposium at Tsuda College, 2016.03.05

This TomProf post encapsulated "advice on how to limit the power of your inner critic when you sit down to do your next writing" (Message Number: 1503, Folks, ¶1).

The video in this post introduced the APA's institutional mega-service! Do you have any hands-on experience? If so, what are your impressions? Does it compare favorably with other reference management tools or suites?

"Recently, academics are receiving an increasing number of email invitations to submit papers. While some are legitimate announcements from reputable organizations, many are a new kind of spam from what Beall (2012) calls "predatory publishers" (p. 179). Basically, they track you down through the titles of your work and invite you to submit manuscripts. They promise quick turnaround and imply guaranteed acceptance. If you are a novice researcher, you might be flattered into submitting. However, you may find later that there is a hefty fee. We wrote this paper to help you identify suspicious solicitations so that you can avoid being duped" (¶1).

"This handout ... provides a detailed outline of how to construct a research study, focused to manuscripts concerning an English as a Foreign Language [education-related topic], using quantitative or qualitative methodology, or both" (Abstract, 2916.07.28).

"Whilst there are many different definitions of OA, Taylor & Francis authors can choose to publish either "gold" or "green" OA in our journals" (Publishing open access with Taylor & Francis, ¶1).

"Mendeley searches document details - including the 'General notes' field - as well as within the body text of any PDF papers in your library" (Use search to retrieve references, ¶2< 2016.10.06).

This extract from Nygaard (2015) covered a three-step process for responding to requests for feedback on academic writing. Nygaard, Lynn P. (2015). Writing for Scholars: A Practical Guide to Making Sense & Being Heard. London, England: Sage Publications.

A weblog highlighting guides and other resources for academic writing and publication.

Wayback Machine archive of Beall's list

"DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals" (deck, ¶1, 2015.03.09).

Schreiber, B. R., & Đurić, S. (2017). Alternative Venues: An EFL writing center outside the university. Praxis, 14(2). http://www.praxisuwc.com/schreiber-and-duric

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