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 ...

Other academics, particularly younger scholars, often ask me about how to get an academic book published. When I recently floated the idea of writing a series of blog posts about this issue, on social ...

Roy Peter Clark says he never meant to write another book about writing. Clark, a senior scholar at Poynter, had already written or edited 20 books about reading, writing and language. He is perhaps ...

There are a ton of reasons why you might consider writing books. You might want to prove your expertise on a given topic or create a funnel for your business. You might need a book in order to ...

2020 was not the year I wrote my first book—but it was the year I started thinking about it. And in typical freelance writer fashion, I decided to take advantage of my position and get some advice on ...

As I write, I couldn't claim, quite, that my fingers are dancing across the keyboard. But they are making their way at a stately pace appropriate to my age (and figure), unimpeded by cramping of the ...

I never envisioned that I’d write so many books. While I enjoyed creative writing in my college and won a few accolades for it, writing a novel is an entirely different enterprise. Aspiring writers ...

Jennifer Serravallo agreed to answer a few questions about her latest book, The Writing Strategies Book. You might also be interested in the interview she did for this column two years ago, “The ...