Publish Not Perish

Publish Not Perish is the podcast for scholars who want to write more—without burning out. Host Dr. Jenn McClearen shares practical tips, honest reflections, and real stories to help you make steady, meaningful progress on your writing with more ease, clarity, and joy. www.publishnotperish.net

Publish Not Perish is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 51 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Publish Not Perish, a education show with 51 episodes published.

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  Episode #41

  Peer Review Is Not a Verdict | Ep. 41

  Jun 4, 202617 minS0

  <p>There is a version of peer review preparation that looks more like fortification. You revise and revise, patch every gap you can anticipate, and submit hoping that reviewers will find nothing to critique. </p><p>And, believe me, I understand that impulse completely. When your book is bound up with tenure, promotion, years of accumulated work, and your sense of whether you actually belong in this field, critique can stop feeling like feedback and start feeling like a verdict.</p><p>But peer review was never designed to tell you whether you are a real scholar or whether your...

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  Episode #40

  Why Your Book's “So What” Feels So Vulnerable | Ep. 40

  May 28, 20268 minS0

  <p>Most of us know our work needs a strong significance claim, but actually writing one can feel surprisingly difficult. I doubt that’s simply because writers don’t understand their projects. Often, it’s because we’ve been trained as scholars to be careful, qualified, and intellectually humble, while the “so what” asks us to do something much more exposed: to say, clearly and confidently, that our work matters.</p><p>In today’s episode, I’ll walk through why significance often crystallizes late in the writing process, why vagueness can feel protective, and how to think about the “so what” as someth...

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  Episode #39

  What Lifting Heavy Things Taught Me About Writing | Ep. 39

  May 14, 202611 minS0

  <p>In today’s episode, I’m reflecting on what a year of lifting heavy weights has taught me about writing. When I first started working with genuinely heavy weights, I realized that the hard part was not only physical. My brain often told me to stop before my body had actually reached its limit.</p><p>That experience in the gym has an uncanny resemblance to the moment in writing when an argument gets difficult, the structure will not quite settle, and suddenly email, footnotes, or “just a little more reading” starts to look very appealing.</p><p>I talk abo...

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  Episode #38

  You Don’t Have to Start with an Outline Either | Ep. 38

  May 7, 202615 minS0

  <p>In my newsletter this week, I explained why I almost never start any sort of writing project with an outline. It’s simply because I’m much more of an explorer-writer than an architect-writer: I usually need to move through the material before I can see the structure. </p><p>Architect-writers begin with the blueprint, the chapter map, and the planned sequence of ideas. Explorer-writers need to write fragments, follow associations, talk through examples, or spend time with one part of the project before the larger argument becomes visible. </p><p>You can read more about the distinctions I’m maki...

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  Episode #37

  Why Saying No Still Feels Impossible After Tenure | Ep. 37

  Apr 30, 202617 minS0

  <p>Over the last two weeks, I’ve been interrogating the hustle culture embedded in the sprint toward tenure and the broader culture of busyness in academia. </p><p>You can access those posts here: </p><p></p><p>Today’s episode asks what happens after the tenure sprint is supposedly over. </p><p>The promise of tenure is that the pressure will ease, the finish line will hold, and a more spacious academic life will finally become possible. But for many scholars, the habits formed during the pre-tenure years do not simply disappear. </p><p>When you spend years work...

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