If writing a journal article feels like a sprint, writing a book is a marathon—with changing terrain, unexpected detours, and a whole lot of mental endurance. In this episode of Academic Writing Amplified, Cathy sits down with returning guest Jane Jones to unpack the real differences between managing article projects and managing a book-length manuscript.

Together, they explore why books require a completely different relationship to time, planning, revision, and even your own psychology as a writer. Jane shares practical wisdom about scheduling writing sessions, estimating tasks realistically, and why so many academics underestimate what book writing actually demands. They also discuss the emotional side of sustaining a project over multiple years—and why developmental editing early in the process can save you enormous pain later.

Whether you're drafting your first academic book or trying to make meaningful progress this summer, this conversation will help you think differently about what book writing really takes.

"You don't have three months to write—you have the number of writing sessions you can actually schedule and honor." — Jane Jones

Jane's program for writing your academic book, Book Brilliance, is enrolling now!

Apply here: https://rightprose.co/book-brilliance-live/

Jane's website, Right Prose: https://rightprose.co/

Jane's podcast: https://rightprose.co/podcast/

This week I'm answering all your Navigate Intensive program questions right here on the podcast.

Navigate is a program that helps professors publish their backlog of papers. We are accepting applications until May 8. Enrollment ends May 15 and we start May 18!

On today's episode I tell you whether you should do Navigate if you're just about ready to collapse after this semester.

Apply for the Navigate 2-week Intensive here!

www.scholarsvoice.org/navigate

This week I'm answering all your Navigate Intensive program questions right here on the podcast.

Navigate is a program that helps professors publish their backlog of papers. We are accepting applications until May 8. Enrollment ends May 15 and we start May 18!

On today's episode explain how you can use the Navigate Intensive to work on any writing -- not just an almost-done article.

Apply for the Navigate 2-week Intensive here!

www.scholarsvoice.org/navigate

Today on the podcast I interview fellow academic coach, doctor, researcher, and now book author Dr. Kemi Doll.

Her book A Terrible Strength is available TODAY! Listen to the incredible Dr. Doll deep dive into her writing practice, how she decided to write this book, and what it's like as an academic to write and promote a popular press book.

Why This Book Matters (from https://kemidoll.com/book/)

"There is a silence in medicine that has cost Black women their health, their dignity, and their lives. This book breaks that silence.

Dr. Kemi Doll brings together her personal journey and her years of research to expose the hidden crisis of the Black womb. She speaks the truths many have lived but few have named."

Go to https://kemidoll.com/book/ to order your copy today!

This week I'm answering all your Navigate Intensive program questions right here on the podcast.

Navigate is a program that helps professors publish their backlog of papers. We are accepting applications until May 8. Enrollment ends May 15 and we start May 18!

On today's episode I explain how you will get 100% of the value out of the program even if you miss calls.

Apply for the Navigate 2-week Intensive here!

www.scholarsvoice.org/navigate

This week I'm answering all your Navigate Intensive program questions right here on the podcast.

Navigate is a program that helps professors publish their backlog of papers. We are accepting applications until May 8. Enrollment ends May 15 and we start May 18!

On today's episode I tell you all about why I hate the word accountability and what Navigate teaches you instead.

Apply for the Navigate 2-week Intensive here!

www.scholarsvoice.org/navigate

More like ☀️Summer Writing Planning PARTY 💃🏻

The energy was HIGH! My goal was to get 500 people registered and over 850+ of you did! You all are amazing!!

This workshop was like a big party with minds blown ("Let's normalize planning and re-planning" - YES!)...

lots of talk about how to recover from derailments…

and only a tiny bit of resistance to my "work on writing one thing at a time" idea (it's not a strict "rule", just a gentle suggestion 😉).

The workshop lasted 90 minutes and I answered every single question, so you're going to want to listen until the end!

In the workshop I also talked about the 3 essentials for publishing your backlog of papers (cause I guessed that if you want to do summer writing…you probably have a little backlog growing), and I introduced my Navigate 2-week Intensive program to help you master those three essentials.

The program is enrolling now! You can read all about the program, including dates, times, and tuition here:

🤓READ ALL ABOUT THE 2-WEEK INTENSIVE 🤓 then hit the pink button to apply!

Applications are open through May 8. If you loved this workshop, you will LOVE my Navigate program!

Welcome to this series of tiny podcast episodes designed to help you think through the process of reaching new levels of growth in your writing and publishing.

You're invited to my FREE Summer Writing Planning Workshop on Thursday, April 23 at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST!

In the free 90- minute workshop, I'll walk you through the same method I teach in my signature program Navigate for planning your writing in the context of your real life (The Writing Roadmap). For summer, that "real life" needs to include rest.

You'll leave the workshop with:

✅A clear set of achievable publication goals for the summer

✅A marked-up calendar that includes writing AND rest

✅A sense of power and agency over your time so that you can pour into yourself this summer

Register for the workshop here: https://scholarsvoice.org/summer-planning-warm/

Navigate 2-week Summer Intensive enrolling now: We're collecting applications for the Navigate 2-week Intensive. You can read all about it here and click on the pink button to apply. Or, if you're ready, jump straight to the application here.

Welcome to this series of tiny podcast episodes designed to help you think through the process of reaching new levels of growth in your writing and publishing.

You're invited to my FREE Summer Writing Planning Workshop on Thursday, April 23 at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST!

In the free 90- minute workshop, I'll walk you through the same method I teach in my signature program Navigate for planning your writing in the context of your real life (The Writing Roadmap). For summer, that "real life" needs to include rest.

You'll leave the workshop with:

✅A clear set of achievable publication goals for the summer

✅A marked-up calendar that includes writing AND rest

✅A sense of power and agency over your time so that you can pour into yourself this summer

Register for the workshop here: https://scholarsvoice.org/summer-planning-warm/

Navigate 2-week Summer Intensive enrolling now: We're collecting applications for the Navigate 2-week Intensive. You can read all about it here and click on the pink button to apply. Or, if you're ready, jump straight to the application here.

Welcome to this series of tiny podcast episodes designed to help you think through the process of reaching new levels of growth in your writing and publishing.

You're invited to my FREE Summer Writing Planning Workshop on Thursday, April 23 at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST!

In the free 90- minute workshop, I'll walk you through the same method I teach in my signature program Navigate for planning your writing in the context of your real life (The Writing Roadmap). For summer, that "real life" needs to include rest.

You'll leave the workshop with:

✅A clear set of achievable publication goals for the summer

✅A marked-up calendar that includes writing AND rest

✅A sense of power and agency over your time so that you can pour into yourself this summer

Register for the workshop here: https://scholarsvoice.org/summer-planning-warm/

Navigate 2-week Summer Intensive enrolling now: We're collecting applications for the Navigate 2-week Intensive. You can read all about it here and click on the pink button to apply. Or, if you're ready, jump straight to the application here.