We are opening up the podcast vault this week to bring you a fan-favorite Encore episode! Whether you missed it the first time around or just need a serious productivity reset, this timeless strategy is exactly what you need to kickstart your momentum.

In this replay, you'll learn:

• What the Rule of 5s is and how to apply it today from the book Making Time to Write
• How to find and protect time for your writing, even with a chaotic schedule.
• Practical tips from an executive writing coach to overcome mental blocks.

Note: This is a classic episode from our archives. We'll be back next week with a brand-new episode!

Episodes Mentioned

• Episode 163: Opening a Writing Session

DPL Resources

• It's not too late to join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Email [email protected] to sign up.
• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this Defend, Publish, and Lead podcast episode host Christine Tulley discusses the process of categorizing revision tasks before tackling them and making a battle plan for a book revision.

Episodes Mentioned:

• Episode 130: Categorizing Revision Tasks

Resources Mentioned:

• It's not too late to join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Email [email protected] to sign up.

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this Defend, Publish, and Lead podcast episode host Christine Tulley explains what to do when your boomerang projects come back around and interrupt what you are currently working on.

Episodes Mentioned:

• Episode 130: Categorizing Revision Tasks

Resources Mentioned:

• It's not too late to join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Email [email protected] to sign up.

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this Defend, Publish, and Lead podcast episode host Christine Tulley explains clear decision making through writing project management. She discusses looking at the ebb and flow of a semester such as specific semester nuances, then months within the semester, and then days to choose what projects to work on and when.

Episodes Mentioned:

• Episode 293 - Matching Your Writing Project Mix to the Semester
• Episode 108 - Your Writing Project Mix

Resources Mentioned:

• It's not too late to join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Register here

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this Defend, Publish, and Lead podcast episode , host Christine Tulley explains her "right now to-do list" strategy for the chaotic first week of the fall semester, when standard to-do lists become useless due to sheer volume. Rather than planning days or weeks ahead, she advocates writing down just the few things that must get done in an immediately available time block

Episodes Mentioned:

• Episode 136: Write the First Week of Class

Resources Mentioned:

• Join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Register here

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this episode of Defend, Publish, and Lead, Christine Tulley argues that the most productivity happens when writing projects are matched to the nuances of the semester and offers strategies for making decisions about what projects to work on.

Episodes Mentioned:

• Episode 108 - Your Writing Project Mix

Resources Mentioned:

• Join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Register here

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this episode of Defend, Publish, and Lead, Christine Tulley argues that writing project management isn't separate from the scholarly writing process but an essential part of it, since standard "writing process" models (drafting, revising, publishing) only look at a single project in isolation and ignore how projects interact. She lays out four reasons why writing project management is a built in part of the scholarly writing process.

Slides from this Episode

Resources Mentioned:

• Join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Register here

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In Episode 291 of the Defend, Publish, and Lead podcast, host Christine Tulley describes a useful short exercise to find out why it is taking so long to start writing when you sit down to write.

Slides from this Episode

Resources Mentioned:

• Join our Fall 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $60 for 15 weeks and sessions are recorded. Register here

Episodes Mentioned

• Episode163: Opening a Writing Session

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In episode host Christine Tulley describes "zombie writing projects" - projects that remain perpetually on to do lists but are never completed. The episode covers how to identify zombie projects and four actions to take to finally clear them from your writing backlog.

Slides from this Episode

Resources Mentioned

• Free Fall 2026 Planning Webinar - Free Fall 2026 Planning Webinar - Monday, July 27 • 11 AM - 12 PM ET

• Join our Summer 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $25 for entire summer and sessions are recorded - email me if you want to join us every Monday ([email protected]) and get a FREE summer progress tracker

Episodes Mentioned

• Episode 108 – Your Writing Project Mix
• Episode 39 - Abandoning a Project

DPL Resources

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP26! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

In this episode, host Christine Tulley describes how to conduct a 6-month review of your writing productivity to see if you are on track to meeting your writing goals and how to adjust the remaining months to close out the year with a focus on completion.

Resources Mentioned:

• Free Fall 2026 Planning Webinar - Monday, July 27 • 11 AM - 12 PM ET
• Join our Summer 2026 Writing Accountability Group - just $25 for entire summer and sessions are recorded - email me if you want to join us every Monday ([email protected]) and get a FREE summer progress tracker

Episodes Mentioned:

• Episode 286 - Five Updates to Your Scholarship Profile This Summer
• Episode 108 – Your Writing Project Mix

DPL Resources:

• Set your writing goals with us! Try us out in a free consultation.
• Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from [email protected]
• Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net
• New to TAA? Join for just $25 using discount code DP25! You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.