As many across the world are gearing up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), they are setting the goal of writing 50,000 words in November. While tapping into the collective energy that comes ...

In Dark Illusion (Berkley, Sept.), an honorable immortal Carpathian warrior and his human lifemate must destroy an evil book of spells. What inspires the grit and strength of your female characters, ...

Leslie Leonard is a Ph.D. candidate in American literature and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. You can follow her on twitter @lesliemleo. “Gradhacker” has hosted at ...

There’s lots of writing advice out there, but thanks to the work of psychologists and neuroscientists, we can now see in detail how our brains respond to everything from metaphors to complex words.

When writing, shorter is better. I learned that during my first year as a young editorial page editor when I asked my sister, with a certain smugness, if she ever read editorials. “Almost never,” ...

Good writing–it’s easy to describe and hard to produce. Most people agree that it’s accurate, economical, nuanced, and thoughtful. In March, Leslie Perelman, head of MIT’s Writing across the ...

As many across the world are gearing up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), they are setting the goal of writing 50,000 words in November. While tapping into the collective energy that comes ...