The Writing Life
8 Short YA Books to Read During Your NaNoWriMo Breaks
Happy National Novel Writing Month! Stop your furious scribbling for just a second, and let’s talk about an important component…
10 Books to Read Before Writing Your Novel
Writing a novel is an awesome undertaking, requiring time, skill, and oodles of imagination. A lot of people give lip…
13 YA Authors on How They Find (Forge, Carve Out, Sacrifice For) the Time to Write
Anyone pursuing creative work with any level of seriousness has heard the question: “How do you find the time?” They…
20 Books That Belong on Every Writer’s Bookshelf
Like painting, wine, and the human condition, writing is something that can stand up to a lifetime if study. Wherever…
12 New York Times Bestselling Authors Dish on Hitting the List
There are so many measures of a book’s success, but one everyone’s familiar with is landing a coveted spot on…
13 Authors Share Insights from Their Debut Year
An author’s debut year is a wild time, in which the book that previously lived a quiet laptop life is…
Goodbye Days Author Jeff Zentner on the Evolution of an Idea
In Jeff Zentner’s sophomore novel, Goodbye Days, Carver lives each day under the weight of unbearable guilt: that, with a text message sent…
The Book Nerd’s Guide to Failing Your New Year’s Resolutions
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the…
10 Tips to Finish NaNoWriMo Strong
Well, we’ve made it almost all the way through the month of November—past the election cycle, the pumpkin spice fever, and…
Be Good Be Real Be Crazy Author Chelsey Philpot on Writing and Why Inspiration Is a Hot Mess
The thing about inspiration is the more you chase after it, the faster it runs away. You could have your…
Week One Inspiration for #NaNo Novelers
It’s Day 4 of NaNoWriMo, and I am behind on my word count. I know that’s not inspirational, but I…
5 Books About Writers Every #NaNoWriMo Noveler Should Read
Grab your motivational snacks and your laptop and get ready to sequester yourself in a quiet nook—it’s National Novel Writing…
Get Ready for National Novel Writing Month with 5 Fictional Authors
It’s that time of year again, the magical, horrible month when authors, aspiring and otherwise, attempt to write an entire…
5 YA Books To Inspire You During National Novel Writing Month
I’m just going to say it: writing a novel in a month isn’t pretty. Writing 50,000 words in 30 days…
10 of the Best Quotes About Writing from YA Authors
Writing is so often an isolated endeavor. You sit in your room or office or favorite coffee shop and try…
Writing the Books That Change Your Life: An Interview with Ava Miles
To celebrate our awesome community of NOOK authors, as well as the recent launch of the NOOK Press print platform,…
7 YA Books That Are as Good as a Writing Class
Writing classes are great if you’ve got the time, money, and access, but lord knows plenty of us don’t. Thankfully,…
5 Writers Who Shouldn’t Have Survived Long Enough to Write Their Classics
We tend to imagine writers falling into two camps: hard-drinking misfits who somehow translate their personal misery into beautiful works, and buttoned-up…