• Craft and Advice

    Journalism

    When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

    By Katie Hafner  July 28, 2022
    Book Dreams

    The Author Who Terrified Neil Gaiman

    By Book Dreams  July 28, 2022
    Indigenous Lit

    Naw thep’thay’gaw: On Telling a Multicultural Indigenous Story

    By Oscar Hokeah  July 28, 2022
    Inspiration

    My New Novel Wasn’t Coming Together. Until I Put Some Googly Eyes on My Roomba.

    By TJ Klune  July 27, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Stumbling Into Empathy on the Way to Dick Jokes: A Conversation with Leyna Krow

    By I'm a Writer But   July 27, 2022
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Sarah Gailey and T. Kingfisher Talk Haunted Houses, Fantastic Fungi, and the Stories Nonbinary Folks Deserve

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   July 27, 2022
    Reading

    How to Read to Children (Tip: Always Do the Voices)

    By Phillip Done  July 27, 2022
    Otherppl

    Isaac Fitzgerald on Telling His Story Straight Up

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 27, 2022
    In Conversation

    Teddy Wayne on Loving the Outcasts

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 26, 2022
    Noir

    The Search for the Funniest Crime Novel Ever Written

    By Dwyer Murphy  July 25, 2022
    First Draft

    Lidia Yuknavitch is Embarking on a New Form of Storytelling

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 25, 2022
    Puerto Rico

    Return to San Sebastian: Novel Research As Road Trip in Puerto Rico

    By Leah Franqui  July 25, 2022
    The Literary Life

    Blitz Bazawule on Why Crop Rotation is the Perfect Metaphor For the Creative Mind

    By The Literary Life  July 22, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    In Conversation with Adjoa Andoh, Golden Voice Narrator

    By Behind the Mic   July 22, 2022
    Micro

    Putting the Macro in Micro: Abby Manzella on World-Building in Microfiction

    By Micro   July 22, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Verlyn Klinkenborg on Writing More Clearly

    By Verlyn Klinkenborg  July 22, 2022
    New Books Network

    Mimicking Odysseus’ Journey on Chicago’s Metra Train

    By New Books Network  July 22, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Politics of Craft: Charles Baxter on How His Essays on Writing Respond to a Changing World

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 21, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: CJ Hauser on Finding Joy in the Not-Knowing

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 21, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Vauhini Vara: How Fiction Helps Us Understand the Path We’re on Now

    By Book Dreams  July 21, 2022
    Speculative fiction

    On Finding the Strangeness in the Mundane, and Vice Versa

    By Alanna Schubach  July 21, 2022
    Historical Fiction

    The Challenges of Writing Fiction About the “Darkest Corner of the Dark Ages”

    By Rebecca Stott  July 20, 2022
    Video Games

    How Final Fantasy VII Taught Me to Write

    By Jamil Jan Kochai  July 20, 2022
    On Whiteness

    Writing a Book About My Whiteness Forced Me to Confront My Own Lies

    By Baynard Woods  July 20, 2022
    Thresholds

    Crystal Hana Kim on Never Knowing the Full Story of People We Love

    By Thresholds   July 20, 2022
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