i got a new book from Amazon today, called Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing by Robert Boice. he’s also the author of Advice for New Faculty Members, which was recommended by a new faculty member in our school at one of the doctoral development seminars earlier this fall.
normally i would not buy a book with the word “self-help” in the title. i’m not sure the genre of self-help books has actually helped anybody. but i’ve gotten out of the habit of writing regularly since finishing my proposal, and i have to admit that i just feel drained and exhausted and out of things to say when i sit down in front of my laptop and try to write. so maybe self-help is really what i need!
this particular book by Boice got favorable reviews on Amazon, and i was able to find a few more reviews floating around the Internet that were also favorable. i’ll keep you posted!
