What We Are Reading Today: ‘Make Your Manuscript Work’ by Laura Portwood-Stacer

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Updated 10 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Make Your Manuscript Work’ by Laura Portwood-Stacer

Developmental editing holds the power to make a manuscript connect with publishers and readers, yet few scholarly writers have the training to do it well.

“Make Your Manuscript Work” offers a practical method for assessing and refining the features of their texts that matter most—argument, evidence, structure, and style.

This guide shows scholarly writers how to identify what’s been holding their writing back and fix it so they can accomplish their publication goals.


What We Are Reading Today: We the Women by Norah O’Donnell

Updated 08 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: We the Women by Norah O’Donnell

Norah O’Donnell’s “We the Women” is vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union.

Through extensive research and interviews, as well as historical documents and old photos, O’Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom, and in doing so writes the American story anew.