Christine Tulley, Executive Writing Coach & President

Defend, Publish & Lead Podcast

Defend, Publish & Lead (formerly Defend & Publish) offers a weekly podcast designed to help get you started (or restarted) on your academic writing projects. Episodes feature a range of topics on writing productivity, including writing project management, strategies for managing writer's block, dissertation advice for students and committee members, pandemic writing strategies, techniques for balancing parenting and writing, promoting your writing and research, and more. Every podcast offers strategies to try and resources to check out.

Author

Christine Tulley, Executive Writing Coach & President

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Education

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www.defendpublishlead.com

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

D&P Podcast Episode 96: Give Yourself a Choice 05.11.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley talks about the strategy of giving yourself a choice when faced with a day you don't feel like writing. Choosing one of the options still moves writing forward. Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net/ WAYS TO CONNECT WIT...

D&P Podcast Episode 95: Interview with Kim Pawlak of Textbook & Academic Authors Association 29.10.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley interviews Kim Pawlak, Director of Publishing & Operations at Textbook & Academic Authors Association ( TAA ). TAA has recently become a sponsor of the Defend & Publish podcast and this interview showcases the many services and scholarly writing products available at TAA. New TAA members can use the coupon code TAADP10 for $10...

D&P Podcast Episode 94: Make an Archive 22.10.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes the simple, yet effective writing project management strategy of creating an archive folder. In this episode she walks through making an archive folder and the decision making process about what goes in and what stays out of the archive. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH DEFEND & PUBLISH: Follow us on Eventbrite to stay up-to-dat...

D&P Podcast Episode 93: Favorite Academic Podcasts 15.10.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes several of her favorite academic productivity podcasts. Slides shown in this podcast Podcasts referenced: The Productivity Show The Academic Life   Research Pages   100 Mistakes Academics Make  

D&P Podcast Episode 92: What Worked Before? 08.10.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes one of the first questions she asks clients when they are stuck: What worked before? Using this question as a guide, she looks at solutions that might work after dry spells of not writing as well as writing blocks. EPISODES REFERENCED IN THIS PODCAST: Episode 82: Creative Faculty Offices   MORE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH D...

D&P Podcast Episode 91: What Can You Get Done in a Day 01.10.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how much writing she actually could do when tracking time across a single week. A screenshot of her writing time can be found here. Resources Mentioned in this Podcast Christine Tulley's Chart of her Writing Time Episodes Referenced EP 90: How I Got Back into Writing after a Month Off -  Podcast | Video More Ways to...

D&P Podcast Episode 90: Fixed Schedule Productivity 24.09.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how she employs fixed schedule productivity based on a blog post by Robert Talbert. DOWNLOAD SLIDES IN THIS EPISODE: Slides EPISODES REFERENCED IN THIS PODCAST: EP 89: How I Got into Writing after a Month off EP 35: Cut Teaching Prep with Pattern Teaching ADDITIONAL WAYS TO CONNECT WITH DEFEND AND PUBLISH: Follow us...

D&P Podcast Episode 89: How I Got Back into Writing after a Month Off 17.09.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes the specific steps she used to get started writing after taking off a month due to various family obligations, school starting up, and other interruptions. Download the slides in this episode Episodes referenced: EP 75: I Tried Penzu for Logging Writing EP 46: Using Asana to Manage a Big Revision ADDITIONAL WAYS TO C...

D&P Podcast Episode 88: Overcoming Writing Slowdowns 10.09.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes an upcoming workshop on overcoming writing slowdowns. Registration information can be found here . Description of the slow professor movement referenced in this episode can be found here . Description of pattern teaching (also described as modular teaching in James Lang's book Distracted ) ADDITIONAL WAYS TO CONNECT...

D&P Podcast Episode 87: Job Hunting in September 2022 04.09.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes an upcoming workshop series on writing documents for the academic job hunt as well as differences in the academic job hunt this year. Registration information can be found here . ADDITIONAL WAYS TO CONNECT WITH DEFEND AND PUBLISH Check out latest workshops and monthly free webinars on Eventbrite Email christine@defen...

D&P Podcast Episode 86: Places and Spaces for Sustainable Academic Writing 25.08.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes strategies for developing sustainable writing places that are flexible and portable in today's changing academic writing environment. This episode is part of The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2022, " Rhetoric: Spaces and Place in and Beyond the Academy ." The carnival takes place August 22-25, 2022. The Big Rhetori...

D&P Podcast Episode 85: Portable Writing Tools 20.08.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes tools to take your writing space with you including a steering wheel desk and several portable storage spaces. Products mentioned in this episode: 34"Portable workstation from Jumbl Portable Desk Organizer from MoMA Article about Portable Desk in Real Simple Levenger Luxury Organizer Cocoon Accessory Organizer Soarch...

D&P Podcast Episode 84: Old-School Revision with Scissors 13.08.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes the old-fashioned writing process of physically cutting up a writing draft to aid in revision. Resources mentioned in this episode: Darryl Bem's article "Writing the Empirical Journal Article" Episode 62 Reasons for Source Support Episode 17 Get Articles from Your Dissertation (describes strikethrough technique) Addi...

D&P Podcast Episode 83: Interview with Barbara Sarnecka author of The Writing Workshop 30.07.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley interviews author Barbara Sarnecka about her book The Writing Workshop: Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier in Academia   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Free ebook of The Writing Workshop and links to all templates and tools SHARED RESOURCES FROM BARBARA SARNECKA Lab website with book discussion Read The Writing Wor...

D&P Podcast Episode 82: Creative Faculty Offices 23.07.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes different ways to use your office space to foster creativity in writing. Article Mentioned In This Episode: " How UCF Faculty Turn Their Offices into Works of Art " Additional Ways To Connect With Defend And Publish: Faculty/PhD Time Management Strategies and Tools for a New Academic Year Academic Parents: Navigating...

D&P Podcast Episode 81: Peer Reviewing a Manuscript 16.07.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes strategies for 1) accepting or rejecting peer review invitations 2) reading the work and addressing journal or publisher concerns and 3) limiting time spent on the review. Article mentioned in this episode: "The Peer Review Crisis" Additional ways to connect with Defend and Publish: Faculty/PhD Time Management Strate...

D&P Podcast Episode 80: What Can I Use a Writing Coaching Session For? 09.07.2022

D&P Podcast Episode 80: What Can I Use a Writing Coaching Session For?   In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes scenarios for working with a writing coach.   Additional ways to connect with writing coaches:   Writing while Teaching: How Teaching and Writing Can Support Each Other series, starting July 12 (all sessions recorded for those who do not attend...

D&P Podcast Episode 79: Four Upcoming Offerings for Fall 2022 02.07.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes four ways to prepare to return to the Fall 2022 semester. These include: Writing while Teaching: How Teaching and Writing Can Support Each Other series, starting July 12 (all sessions recorded for those who do not attend live). Weeks include: Week 1: Making Space for Writing: Reducing Teaching Prep Time Week 2: Makin...

D&P Podcast Episode 78: Writing in the Car 25.06.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes multiple ways to use car time to write. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Inkpad Jim Ridolfo's chapter in Explanation Points on "Writing for the Commute" How to Convert Audio Files to Text ADDITIONAL AUDIO WRITING RESOURCES "Writing on the Rails: Survival Tips for Traveling Authors" How to Convert Audio Files to Te...

D&P Podcast Episode 77: Buy a University Press Book 18.06.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how she finds new scholarly press books once a year.   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing -   University of Colorado Press/Utah State University Press   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Reasons to Support University Presses   UPCOMING EVENTS & INFO Follow us on Eventbrite to sta...

D&P Podcast Episode 76: Why I Love Inkpad 11.06.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how to use the Inkpad to "audio write." RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Inkpad Podcast Slides ADDI TIONAL AUDIO WRITING RESOURCES Jim Ridolfo's chapter in Explanation Points on "Writing for the Commute" How to Convert Audio Files to Text UPCOMING EVENTS & INFO Follow us on Eventbrite to stay up-to-date on all upc...

D&P Podcast Episode 75: I Tried Penzu for Logging Writing 04.06.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how to use the free online journaling tool Penzu to log in and out of writing sessions each day. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Penzu Podcast Slides ADDITIONAL WRITING LOG RESOURCES Advice for Using a Writing Day Most Productively (see item 9 and 10 about clicking into writing and logging in and out) UPCOMING EV...

D&P Podcast Episode 74: CV and Online Profile Updating 28.05.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes a system for updating a CV and online scholarly profiles at least once a year.   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE D&P Video Podcast Episode 38 - Why You Need an Online Research Profile.   ADDITIONAL CV RESOURCES COVID CV, Part 2: The App A Biology Lecturer's Pro-Tips on Updating or Creating Your CV / Resume -   UP...

D&P Podcast Episode 73: I'm Hiding from My Writing 21.05.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes ways to approach your writing when you are deliberately hiding from it.   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE March Writing Boost on Literature Review Writing (past event - if you want to order the recordings and planning templates, email christine@defendandpublish.com ) D&P Podcast Episode 7 - Don't call it a writin...

D&P Podcast Episode 72: Four Ways Defend & Publish Can Support Summer Writing 14.05.2022

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes four programs from Defend and Publish that will assist in meeting summer goals. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE April Writing Boost on Summer Writing Planning (past event - if you want the recordings and summer planning templates, email christine@defendandpublish.com ) Follow us on Eventbrite to stay up-to-date o...

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