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Might these be of interest? WRITING WITH POWER Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process Second Edition Peter Elbow New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=87107470&CRID=nullCRnull&OFFID=readingroom_201101116h See discussion on CRIAN "Going From Thesis To Book" http://transformingresearch.ning.com/forum/topics/going-from-the-thesis-to-the See WRITING MAGAZINE for generic tips and articles and sources for self-publishing which my wife bought me from WH Smith to read while recovering in hospital Warners Group Publications, Leeds. Feb 2011. A useful read for £3.75p !! www.writingmagazine.co.uk The biggest issue for me is 'finding a publisher at present'. Previous writing: books, articles, papers etc have been requested by publishers, which makes the process much easier. At present I am using e-mails, blogs, and an Epson Printer, but the next big-step is to to find a publisher or to use a 'self-publisher' (widely advertised on the Web or in WRITING MAGAZINE.. How are other folks progressing with Writing with an Eye to Publication? Brian ________________________________ From: Dianne Allen <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 18:32:00 Subject: Re: Welcome to Writing with an eye to publication Sounds good to me Brian, thorough, and prompts some more tips from my work on my writing which I hope to post later when other constraints have been dealt with. And I LOVE your caveat ..( which are not always addressed in pieces I read) ... it is hard to keep all these things in view, whether sequentially or contemporaneously - reminds me that good writing is complex. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian wakeman >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:28 AM >Subject: Re: Welcome to Writing with an eye to publication > > >Some ideas I try to keep in mind ( which are not always addressed in pieces I >read) : > >1. Have I really got something to say, describe, reflect about, propose, >theorise? Do others agree that I have? >2. Am I really clear about what I am writing? My supervisor at Cambridge used >to say to me, "Tell me in one sentence, or a paragraph at the most, what it is >you want to do" >3. Have I an audience in mind? >4. Am I choosing the genre, complexity/simplicity to communicate to them? Is my >language accessible, appropriate, arousing their interest? >5. Am I following the conventions of the editor or community? >6. Is there plenty of "C" Factor: clarity, coherence, comprehensiveness, >congruence, convincing? >7. Have I tested out what I'm saying with critical friends? >8. As I'm writing, stop and summarise the argument and flow.. >9. Am I challenging each assertion or conclusion I make: "who says so?"; "How do >I know this?"; "What alternative interpretations are there, and what is their >explanatory power?" >10. Am I prepared to receive and respond to critical feedback about what I write > >What do you think? > >Brian