List of figures ................................................ ix
List of tables .................................................. x
List of boxes .................................................. xi
Foreword by Jaan Mikk ........................................ xiii
Preface ........................................................ xv
PART I BECOMING AN AUTHOR
1 Foundations .................................................. 3
2 Contexts .................................................... 15
3 Getting commissioned ........................................ 28
4 Contracts and agents ........................................ 41
PART II WRITING THE TEXT
5 Processes (1) ............................................... 57
6 Processes (11) .............................................. 74
7 Craft ....................................................... 93
8 Dissertations .............................................. 108
PART III MANAGING THE PROJECT
9 Time ....................................................... 121
10 People ..................................................... 126
11 Next ....................................................... 150
Appendix A. Proposal guidelines ............................... 156
Appendix B. Sample book proposal .............................. 158
Appendix C. Guide to contracts ................................ 163
Notes ......................................................... 165
References .................................................... 171
Index ......................................................... 174
Figures
7.1 Graphical analysis of the components of tone page ....... 101
7.2 Graphical analysis of the components of tone in
(A) Coakley and (B) Dick ................................. 104
10.1 Decision tree for responding to peer reviews ............. 135
Tables
5.1 Grid ...................................................... 65
5.2 Complex grid .............................................. 65
5.3 Grid for this chapter ..................................... 66
5.4 Grid for this chapter (refined) ........................... 66
6.1 Symbols ................................................... 81
11.1 New edition scale ........................................ 153
Boxes
5.1 List plan ................................................. 63
5.2 Chapter plan based on questions ........................... 67
7.1 Paragraph openings from Bertrand Russell, 'The Romantic
Movement' ................................................. 95
7.2 Opening sentences from first half of Chapter 4 of Liz
Thomas, Widening Participation in Post-Compulsory
Education ................................................. 97
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