Quiz: Are you a KISS-er?

I am able to break my projects into smaller pieces, each of which feeds into a larger whole.

My projects cannot be divided up – each idea is just way too important to be removed from the whole!

I regularly read journals in my field.

Journals? What journals?

When I read journals, I ask myself questions about how my own work might fit into the larger dialogue in the field of study and research.

When I read journals, I wonder what the authors look like.

I remind myself to think about ways to turn everything into an article proposal – conferences presentations, course assignments, and research projects are all publishing fodder.

I usually don’t even think about publishing until I’m celebrating the end of a long-term project.

After any presentation, I jot down a few notes about my main points, any interesting questions that came up, and what approach I might take to turn it into an article.

After any presentation, I pour a martini (stirred, not shaken).

When I’m invited to prepare a new course offering, I think about the publishing potential of the topics in the syllabus, and I use the course to push further into the research and even writing.

When I’m invited to prepare a new course offering, I pull out whatever I worked on last year.

I use a system for identifying, submitting to and tracking responses from journals.

I keep a "mental file" of my submissions and responses.