by Tweed Editing | Jul 21, 2010 | guides
New TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide! We’re really getting down to the side of things that you’re most curious about: connecting with publishers and seeing your project in print. Last time, I discussed in detail the process of revising a dissertation for publication...
by Tweed Editing | Jun 23, 2010 | guides
It’s here! Again, for the First Time: Revising Your Dissertation is the third installment in TWEED’s Dissertation-to-Book series of guides. The longest guide yet, this issue tackles five stages of revising your dissertation for publication: Crafting a...
by Tweed Editing | Jun 15, 2010 | guides
Envisioning Your Dissertation as Something Else Entirely is the second installment in TWEED’s Dissertation-to-Book series of guides. Here, TWEED outlines several options for the dissertation awaiting revision: Craft a scholarly monograph Contribute to an edited...
by Tweed Editing | Jun 10, 2010 | guides, style
The TWEED Guide to Academic Style gives you a place to start the sometimes-daunting revision process. Brush up on the syntactical, grammatical, and tone-related indicators of scholarly writing. Attention to style signals to your readers that you are serious about your...
by Tweed Editing | Jun 8, 2010 | guides
The first installment in a series, A Dissertation is an Auspicious Beginning introduces the differences between successful dissertations and successful published books. Learn the hallmarks of dissertation style and the characteristics of academic monographs so that,...
by Tweed Editing | Apr 19, 2010 | guides, punctuation, style, tone
While powerful communication devices, scare quotes are also easy to abuse. They’re used to distance the writer from the term in question. When someone makes the two-finger air-quotes gesture while speaking, that’s the real-world equivalent of...