Tweed Resources
Scroll down for original resources in three categories:
TOOLS & PRINTABLES: Compendium of Academic Verbs, Critique Me cover-page template, Writer-at-Work door tag
DISSERTATION-TO-BOOK GUIDES: Step-by-step guides to revising a dissertation into a book manuscript (new editions coming soon!)
WRITING PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION: Computer wallpaper and printable posters to motivate writers
Tools & Printables
Working-from-Home Door Tags
PDFs available in color and mono. To reinforce, print on card stock—or mount on a manila folder!
Tweed’s Ever-Expanding Compendium of Academic Verbs
PDF of 250 verbs useful for discussing scholarship (state, advocate, problematize, elucidate, etc.)
Critique Me
A customizable form to use as a cover sheet when sending drafts to friends and colleagues for feedback
Scholarly Resolution Form
Fill in this certificate to solidify your scholarly resolutions. Any time of year is a great time to think about the reasons for a goal, break it down into steps, decide on resources to consult, and commit to rewarding yourself for achieving it.
Writer-at-Work Door Tag Template
PDF, 3 to a page (give extras to friends and colleagues)
Tweed establishes the Writing Progress Administration to put writers back to work! Initiatives include recasting writing as public work, skill-building, and professional training. Authors are the backbone of a critical and informed society and therefore deserve relief—even if it takes the form of computer wallpapers and printable posters.
Below is a smattering of the WPA’s pro-writer propaganda; visit the blog for all WPA productions.
And don’t forget about the Tweed blog!
“Behind the Tweed Curtain”: The Copyediting.com Interview
Copyediting.com (the current incarnation of the longstanding industry newsletter Copyediting) invited me to introduce the world of scholarly and dissertation editing. Of course, I agreed. Today, the interview was posted, and the phrase "behind the tweed curtain" was...
“Tweed Pencil” Is the New Vermilion
I've always wanted to name a crayon. Well, UNICEF's new charitable promotion lets donors own colors (within the domain of the ownacolour.com website only). I chose #ff3300, recognizable as the glowing vermilion used throughout the Tweed Editing website. I call it...
Visit Me on Facebook
If you have a minute, come visit me on Facebook, where I post links and tips related to scholarly writing. You can also contact me through the Tweed Facebook page, or just email me. See you there!
Paul Krugman’s Four Rules of Research
A couple weeks ago, I drove to the Oregon coast with my sweetie, who is a Paul Krugman devotee. (Krugman is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton and writes an op-ed column and a blog for the New York Times.) As we wound through the forest,...
How to Unfile Research Paperwork
My filing cabinets had been bursting with grad-school materials for years. This weekend, I finally got around to addressing the problem. I'm calling the solution my unfiling system. Recognize That Past Research Projects Take Up Precious Space Something I've realized:...
Monograph, She Wrote
In honor of the television series that I have been streaming online, I've added a new pair of postcards to Tweed's collection. I just watched an episode of Murder, She Wrote in which Jessica Fletcher lectures at a prestigious university, which gave me the idea for an...