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Are you hoping to do a bunch of work over the summer?  You’re not alone.  Almost every day I hear those very same words from my clients.
What can you put in place now that will help you be a productive writer this summer?
1.   Find out exactly how much time you are working now and what [...]

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An ABD’s dilemmas with her writing underscore for me the problems dissertation writers have when they’re isolated from campus and from an advisor during the dissertation process.
As a dissertation coach, I don’t fix people’s writing, but I listen, and if a client sends me some text, I see what the writing looks like. 
This morning a [...]

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Want to feel calm, even fulfilled, while increasing your productivity?  And meet a dissertation deadline?  Read on.
Recently, I blogged about how a client achieved greater productivity in her writing. 
She and I had collaborated over what steps would most likely yield success.  Sticking to her plan gave her the success she wanted–she met her deadline by increasing her [...]

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You can come up with a gazillion reasons for avoiding your dissertation —too tired, too busy, too stressed, too, too, too.  And you are all of those things.
However, any reason you come up with for not getting to work on your dissertation will seem paltry when put up against the Big 3 Goals:
1. Defend your [...]

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This past week has been a busy one for me, in part because I’ve heard from many of you. 
It looks like many dissertation writers have decided that it’s time to bring someone else on board. 
And I’m not surprised. 
In such a long-term project as writing a dissertation, many writers want
–someone you can tell how you’ve messed [...]

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