Working with another person on something as personal as writing can be incredibly difficult, mostly because you’re slowly learning to leave your ego at the door. Author and editor Robert Yehling shares the challenges and benefits of working with...

Award-winning author William Heath believes that the mark of a good novelist is being able to write effectively about people that aren't you. That includes writing about the opposite gender, other ethnicities, or other generations. At the core of a...

Writer and author Chrome Oxide has continued to hone his writing craft through both an informal and formal education. Reading a lot of short stories and novels over the years has allowed him to subconsciously absorb the elements and structure of storytelling...

Before anyone has read a word of your writing, they are likely to start judging you. As painful as it is to hear, no matter the design direction you choose, your front cover will often be the first thing a potential buyer will see of your book. So don...

Let Us Descend , a reimagining of American slavery, is the first foray into historical fiction for two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Here she discusses her research, the challenges of writing historical fiction, and why she eventually...

“This is the book when you're feeling like ‘WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE?!' and you need to know that you're not alone.” Mary Laura Philpott writes essays that examine the overlap of the absurd and the profound in everyday life. Her...

Author Laura Labovich talks about creating and building your brand as an author and seeing yourself as a bigger global brand in the little things you do. She encourages you to understanding and define your brand even before writing your book. Once...

Author Laura Labovich talks about creating and building your brand as an author and seeing yourself as a bigger global brand in the little things you do. She encourages you to understanding and define your brand even before writing your book. Once...

To author Roser Caminals-Heath, writing a book is like a puzzle, and it's not complete until all of the pieces come together. Her novel, The Street of the Three Beds,is a historical crime story set in the late nineteenth century in Barcelona. Living...