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πŸ“šπŸ’¬ “Love isn’t naΓ―ve, Alva. It’s hope, and it’s faith, and it can outlast buildings and wars and empires.” The Widow of Rose House, Diana Biller

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No dissertation is worth a lifetime of revision.

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

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Learn how to revise and you will produce a better first book. Remember it and you will enjoy writing the books to follow.

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

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Revision is unromantic, time-consuming, tiring. It is also the only way to make one’s writing better.

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

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Writing isn’t a record of your thinking. It is your thinking.

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

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Revision is a job for optimists.

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

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…the operating instructions of scholarly publishing rarely form a part of graduate training…

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

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Write everything you want published as if there are people who make decisions and work within limited budgetsβ€”their checkbooks, or their libraries’ acquisition budgets.

William Germano, From Dissertation to Book

πŸ“ΊπŸ’¬πŸ––πŸ» “I can’t say being equal parts irritating and endearing isn’t slightly familiar.” Picard 3x06, The Bounty. IT ME.