Your Words Unleashed

Send us Fan Mail So in the last episode I talked about some of the reasons why transforming your dissertation into a book is an emotionally complex process.  It’s possible you’ve outgrown your topic and need to find ways to reconnect to your original sources of inspiration to keep going.  You also need to bid farewell to your earlier grad student self and move forward into the next stage of your i...

Send us Fan Mail Recently I was asked by a large research university to put together a workshop for junior faculty about transforming your dissertation into a book.  It’s made me reflect on the very long and painful process I went through writing my first book, which I started working on soon after I graduated with my PhD in 2010. In this episode I’m going to focus on WHY revising your dissertatio...

Send us Fan Mail In the last episode I talked about when you should start reaching out to scholarly presses and setting up meetings with acquiring editors to talk about your book project.  The moral of the story is that there is no one-size-fits-all model to getting your book published. As I’ll tell you about later in this episode, even my own two books had vastly different journeys to publication...

Send us Fan Mail Publishing a book involves a hidden curriculum of knowledge that some have more access to than others—especially those who went elite institutions or whose advisors are well-known and well-connected. One of the primary goals of this podcast is to help equalize the playing field for academic authors by creating more transparency about each step of the book writing and publishing pr...

Send us Fan Mail Today I’m going to talk about something that affects nearly all book writers—and let’s be honest, pretty much all people—at one point or another, and that’s overwhelm.   I’ll be giving you four tips to help you overcome these feelings when they arise so that you can feel calmer and more confident to move forward with your writing.  To find the full transcript of this episode, go t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we're going to dig into a topic that is critical to your success in getting your book published, but it's also something that's really difficult for a lot of first-time authors to achieve--and this is how to develop your own distinct voice and writing style in your manuscript. You can find the full transcript for this episode at YourWordsUnleashed.co...

Send us Fan Mail Wouldn’t you agree that these days boundaries have become such a buzzword? All the time, we hear experts talking about how we need to maintain strong personal and professional boundaries if we want to protect our limited time and energy and put it towards the things that matter to us most. But, on the other hand, I’ve noticed that there’s very little good advice or practical strat...

Send us Fan Mail How do you maintain consistent progress on your book manuscript? What are the best ways to stay motivated to write? What goes into a strong book proposal, and how in the world do you get a book contract?  Hi! I’m author and writing coach Dr. Leslie Wang, and I’m going to answer these questions and more on my brand-new podcast Your Words Unleashed.  Focused on the challenges faced...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the very first episode of Your Words Unleashed Podcast! I’m so excited to be here with you, sharing everything I know as a book author, writing coach, and publishing strategist. Find the full transcript for this episode at yourwordsunleashed.com/1 . Today I’ll walk you through how your thoughts about writing can either help speed your manuscript along or slow you way do...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks so much for joining me today! Today I’ll be talking about one of the biggest challenges that first-time scholarly book authors face, which is maintaining the motivation to write, day in and day out. You can find the full transcript of this episode at YourWordsUnleashed.com/2.  When the semester is going full force, writing is often the first thing to drop off your to-do lis...