Every author needs a mentor. These 9 books about writing offer practical tips and honest advice to help you master your craft ...

For National Authors Day on November 1, meet some employees who have self-published books about finding purpose, navigating parenthood, and more During the COVID-19 pandemic, Trina Rodriguez used ...

In The Way of the Fearless Writer, Beth Kempton outlines a creative practice inspired by Buddhist philosophy. In a departure from advice that centers on “painful effort,” Kempton contends that ...

There are many similarities when comparing the writing of code to the writing of prose. Because of this, we should be able to learn from doing each of these and apply things learned from one to the ...

When James M. Lang published the book On Course in 2008 and garnered notable success, his editor invited him to dinner. She suggested that Lang might be interested in writing a book about cheating.

THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED (314 pp.)—Sacheverell Sitwell—Macmillan ($4). “It takes so little to be happy. . . . Now all I would wish, in this winter of the spirit, is to fall asleep and wake up in a ...

Back at the end of the last century, I and many other readers around the world were bowled over by “The Voyage of the Narwhal” (1998), Andrea Barrett’s fictional account of a band of American ...

Research Fellow, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University The task of understanding Sylvia Plath as a writer is intimidating. Her archives are vast. They span ...

What if writing a book no longer required months of painstaking effort, late nights, and endless rewrites? Imagine crafting an entire manuscript—complete with polished prose, cohesive structure, and ...