Your Professional Writing: Helpful Advice for Beginners and the Anxious

Abstract

A panel discussion with the current editor, former book-reviews editor, authors, and an editorial board member of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. Intended for those who have not yet published in their field or are just beginning their professional-writing career, the panel discusses the practicalities of formulating and submit an article or book proposal, discussing how to review a book, joining a review pool, structuring literature reviews, formulating and presenting a case study. The panel will begin with brief presentations and then respond to questions from the audience.