So You Wanna Write: 11 Best Books for Aspiring Writers
We understand the hardships that come with creating new characters that feel real, writing a plot that isn’t full of…
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Try These Famous Authors’ Tricks to Slay Your NaNo Novel!
We’re about to enter the second weekend of National Novel Writing Month! Are you, the eager NaNo novelist: a. Looking forward to…
Jeremy P. Bushnell Writes in a Closet
Jeremy P. Bushnell is the debut author of The Weirdness, a rollicking account of what happens when the Devil makes…
The MFA in a Box
So now that the whole “New Year, New You” thing has worn off, you’re second guessing your resolution to go…
Laurie Halse Anderson Writes in a Hand-built Cottage
Laurie Halse Anderson is the best-selling author of young adult novels including Speak, Wintergirls, and, most recently, The Impossible Knife…
10 Signs Someone You Know is Doing National Novel Writing Month
Many of us who take part in National Novel Writing Month enjoy shouting from the rooftops that we’ve accepted the…
Chuck Palahniuk Believes In Hell
If you’re one of Chuck Palahniuk’s many rabid fans, you already know that he’s both a total babe (I met…
The 6 Best Books on Writing
When you’re low on inspiration, confused, or just procrastinating, writers’ guides can be your salvation. Here are six books on…
An Interview With Jonathan Lethem, Author of Dissident Gardens
Jonathan Lethem’s novels, particularly Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, have established him as one of the most important…
YA Novelist Cori McCarthy Writes at Biggby Coffee
Cori McCarthy’s debut YA novel, The Color of Rain, envisions a dystopic world that’s darker than most. Set on a…
Kristopher Jansma Writes In the B Cup Café
Novelist Kristopher Jansma gives us the scoop on his favorite place to write. His first book, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards,…
Books We Love…That Are All About Books
How can a novelist go wrong when her subject is books? It’s the one topic for which all readers have…
Embarrassed About Reading YA? Don’t Be!
More than half of the young adult books sold in the US are bought by adults—adults who 78% of the…
“I Came Up with a Crazy Regimen: 1,000 Words a Day”—An Interview With a Debut YA Novelist
Lord of the Flies meets middle school in Clay McLeod Chapman’s entertaining new YA novel The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters. Back…
“It’s Very Personal, Looking at People’s Books”: An Interview With Nina Katchadourian
Nina Katchadourian—an artist you may have previously seen in a Flemish airline toilet portrait—started arranging book spines as a graduate…
EXCLUSIVE: Rick Yancey Tells Us About Writing the Most-Anticipated YA Novel of the Year
One of the most-anticipated YA books slated for this year is THE 5TH WAVE, an alien apocalypse survival story by…
Movie Adaptation? These Authors (and Readers) Will Stick With the Book, Thanks
Thanks to Charlie Kaufman, we all know what the process of adapting a book is like for the screenwriter—it starts…
Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules For Writers
Stephen King’s books have sold over 350 million copies. Like them or loathe them, you have to admit that’s impressive.…
A Romance Heroine Who Wears Spectacles
When Sarah MacLean was in high school, she told her English teacher that her dream job was “romance novelist.” She’s…