• Craft and Advice

    The Craft of Writing

    M.L. Rio on the Connection Between Writing and Dreams

    By M.L. Rio  September 27, 2024
    craft advice

    What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Dungeons & Dragons

    By Jedediah Berry  September 26, 2024
    Publishing

    On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

    By Maris Kreizman  September 26, 2024
    Trans Memoir

    I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

    By Oliver Radclyffe  September 25, 2024
    History of Science

    The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

    By John MacNeill Miller  September 25, 2024
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Zen Cho and Freya Marske on Romance, Romantasy, and Communication

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   September 25, 2024
    Romance

    Messy, Impractical and Irresistible: In Praise of Over-the-Top Romance

    By Nora Nguyen  September 24, 2024
    The Writing Life

    I’ve Finished My Manuscript, Now What? On Dealing With Post-Book Blues

    By Lance Richardson  September 23, 2024
    Music Writing

    How Chinese and Italian Opera Helped Her Write and Grieve

    By Liu Hong  September 23, 2024
    First Draft

    Natalie Goldberg on the Real Equipment of a Writer

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 23, 2024
    Write-minded

    Amanda Jones on Banned Librarians

    By Memoir Nation   September 23, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Stephanie Duncan Smith on Excavating Your Work’s Aboutness

    By Stephanie Duncan Smith  September 20, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Do NOT Want to Hang Out With My Fans: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  September 19, 2024
    Editing

    “A Very Smart and Accessible Friend.” Why the Chicago Manual of Style Remains Essential

    By Literary Hub  September 19, 2024
    On Poetry

    Emilie Menzel on Depicting Animals in Poetry, Learning from Music, and Constructing a New Self

    By Diana Khoi Nguyen  September 19, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Allen MacDuffie on Darwin and Cataclysmic Change

    By History of Literature  September 19, 2024
    Speculative fiction

    The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

    By Lisa Yaszek  September 18, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Against Perfectionism and Productivity: On Embracing Flaws as a Writer

    By Rachel Schwartzmann  September 18, 2024
    In Conversation

    Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

    By Jane Ciabattari  September 17, 2024
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

    By Literary Hub  September 17, 2024
    Small Presses

    Community and Connection: On the Unexpected Benefits of Publishing Through a Small Press

    By Rilla Askew  September 17, 2024
    The Writing Life

    Summers in New England: On Building a Community of Writers in Vermont

    By Nicholas Delbanco  September 16, 2024
    Write-minded

    Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner on Rejection

    By Memoir Nation   September 16, 2024
    First Draft

    Lorrie Moore on the Importance of Re-Reading

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 16, 2024
    Characters

    Why We Need More (and Better) Depictions of Older People in Literature

    By Anna Johnston  September 13, 2024
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