We’re about to enter the second weekend of National Novel Writing Month! Are you, the eager NaNo novelist: a. Looking forward to continuing your...

Jeremy P. Bushnell is the debut author of The Weirdness, a rollicking account of what happens when the Devil makes a young Brooklynite and wannabe writer...

So now that the whole “New Year, New You” thing has worn off, you’re second guessing your resolution to go back to school for your MFA,...

“The only thing we have to fear,” President Roosevelt once said, “is fear itself.” But when you’re dating, friends with, or...

Many of us who take part in National Novel Writing Month enjoy shouting from the rooftops that we’ve accepted the heady challenge of writing a...

If you’re one of Chuck Palahniuk’s many rabid fans, you already know that he’s both a total babe (I met him at BEA, and I’m here to...

When you’re low on inspiration, confused, or just procrastinating, writers’ guides can be your salvation. Here are six books on writing we turn...

Jonathan Lethem’s novels, particularly Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, have established him as one of the most important American...

Sara Shepard, author of the darkly addictive Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game series, gives us her recommendations for great YA reads—heavy on...