I am thrilled to share that the Collaborative Writing Playbook series (published by Parlor Press) is now complete and is being published in the next few weeks! I am making this early announcement in light of the CCCC convention this week––as we make a special bundle offer to teachers and program leaders who are looking to adopt a packaged resource.

The third and final volume, Collaborative Writing at Work: A Playbook for Teams, co-authored with Joe Moses and Meghalee Das, bridges classroom and career. Written for workplace practitioners and professionals, it extends the series’ shared framework into real-world professional contexts to ensure the collaborative skills writers develop in school don’t stop at graduation.

Together, the three volumes form a cohesive ecosystem for teaching, learning, and practicing collaborative writing:

• Collaborative Writing Playbook: An Instructor’s Guide (2021) — for instructors designing meaningful team writing projects
• Writing to Learn in Teams (2023) — for students building genuine teamwork skills across disciplines
• Collaborative Writing at Work (2026) — for workplace professionals navigating team writing in professional contexts

Whether you’re a writing instructor, a WAC/WID program coordinator, a writing center director, or a researcher interested in collaboration studies and collaborative learning, this series offers something for you. The books share aligned frameworks, a common vocabulary, and consistent practices—so they can be used independently or as a complete toolkit.

If you’re at CCCC this week, let’s talk! And if you’re interested in bundle pricing for your program, writing center, or professional development workshops, reach out to Parlor Press at parlorpress.com/pages/contact-us.

Here’s to writing—together.

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A note of gratitude

Some projects arrive as seeds you don’t fully know you’re planting. This one started over a decade ago, when I was still a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, working alongside Joe Moses on what we thought might be a single book. Joe, thank you—for your generosity as a mentor, your patience as a collaborator, and your vision that this work could be something bigger and more lasting than either of us first imagined. This series is, in many ways, a testament to what good mentorship looks like.

And to Meghalee Das—my own student, who graduated in 2024 and brought her intellect, care, and fresh perspective to the third volume as co-author—thank you for completing this circle. There is something quietly profound about a project that spans mentor, student, and student’s student. That lineage is woven into every page.

Finally, none of this would exist without David Blakesley at Parlor Press, who saw the potential in our original proposal and pushed us to think bigger: not one book, but three. David, you were right. You always were.