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• November 21, 2023

  The People Who Lifted Me Up

  I haven’t been very active on here, mainly because I’ve been wrapped up in publishing my memoir, Can You Hear the Music? Following my last blog post, “In the Trenches,” I abruptly switched gears and decided to self-publish. My book launches Nov. 30, and the product is the absolute highest quality book I could have…
• June 10, 2023

  In the Trenches: Reflections on Querying

  I don’t know if I will make it through to the end of traditional publishing. For now, I’m patiently waiting it out. And while I wait for those rejections to roll in, I figured I’d share some thoughts on the process.
• October 8, 2022

  Demystifying the Editorial Process of Scientific Journals

  The following contains my views on the publishing process for scientists and engineers submitting manuscripts to academic journals. My views are based on my experience serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Fire Safety Journal (Elsevier) from 2016-2018. Fresh out of my PhD, I received two very different decisions on two manuscripts from my dissertation: Paper 1 was…