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Free tools for scholarly writers.

Checklists, templates, guides, and a quick quiz — built from 15+ years of editing dissertations and academic books. Free to use, yours to keep. No dollar required to start.

Checklist · PDF

APA 7 Reference List Audit Checklist

Catch the reference-list errors that get dissertations sent back.

The systematic pass I run on every reference list — the same checks, laid out so you can run them yourself before you submit.

Word Template · .docx

APA 7 Starter Template

The formatting essentials, already done — just start writing.

A free, pre-formatted APA 7 starter in Word: margins, spacing, and heading styles set up for you, so you can focus on the writing.

Interactive Quiz

Are You Ready for Editing?

Two minutes to see where your manuscript stands.

A quick self-check on whether your draft is ready for a copyedit — with honest, specific next steps whatever your result.

Guide · PDF

Trading Files Safely

One file, one editor, one direction — never lose a week of work.

How to move your chapters between you, your editor, and your committee without anything getting overwritten, scrambled, or done twice.

Guide · PDF

What a Professional Academic Editor Actually Does

What you're really paying for — and what to expect.

A plain look at what a professional editor does (and doesn't), so you know what good editing looks like before you hire anyone.

Field Guide · PDF

Spotting AI-Generated Text in Scholarly Writing

Is it AI — or just careful writing?

The markers an editor and journal reviewer uses to tell AI-generated from human scholarly prose — soft tells to hard evidence, with a fair way to act.

Guide · PDF

10 Ways to Publish Your Dissertation

Your dissertation is a treasure chest — here are ten doors out of it.

Ten real routes from a finished dissertation into published work — article, monograph, trade book, and beyond.

Guide · PDF

Write with Clarity and Confidence

Plain, practical habits for clearer scholarly prose.

Small, repeatable moves that make academic writing easier to read — and easier to write.

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