All posts by Michelle Boyd

About Michelle Boyd

Dr. Michelle Boyd is the founder of InkWell Academic Writing Retreats, where she helps scholars overcome their writing fears and enjoy the pleasures of a sustainable writing life. An award-winning writer and former tenured faculty member, Michelle knows firsthand what it's like to have no time to write, to procrastinate when there is time, and to struggle when the writing goes nowhere. She also knows--from experience and research--that successful scholars overcome their writing barriers by following their unique writing process. At InkWell, she teaches academics exactly how to uncover that process, so they can face their fears, lose themselves in writing, and rediscover their love for their work.

We all fall down: How to get your writing back on track

August 8, 2019December 3, 2025Michelle Boydacademic life & challenges, writing & planning

By Michelle Boyd So my brother and I are hanging out with his 2-year old goddaughter a few weeks ago. She’s the kind of kid who, as he points out, smiles not just with her face, but with her whole body. At the moment, her smile is trained on a plush, kid-sized, easy chair. Which, she has just discovered, can be tipped upside down into a little triangle, so that it doubles as a soft-sided…

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Time to change: How to keep from doing too much this spring

January 4, 2018January 7, 2026Michelle Boydproductivity & meaning, writing & planning

By Michelle Boyd If you’re like many scholars I know, you may have found yourself looking around at the end of last semester, wondering how—despite your best intentions—you ended up so exhausted. I recently found myself there too, and the more I listened, the more I found others facing the same problem. These words, from a scholar I’ll call Mina, struck a chord when I read them in one of my online support groups: “I’m…

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