Every morning, after I’ve secured the intravenous drip from the coffee pot into my arm, I knock out a couple of hours of fiction writing. That’s not exactly surprising as I’m a science-fiction author ...

How do you cope with a blank page? NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Elizabeth McCracken about her new book, "A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction." ...

Some people write because it feels like breathing. Others pick up a pen (or a keyboard) because they once watched a TikTok that said, “You can publish a book in 90 days.” Suddenly, they decided ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

Elizabeth McCracken is the author of eight books, including the National Book Award finalist, “The Giant’s House.” She’s been on the faculty at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and holds the James A.

Adam Roberts is the author of 23 science fiction novels, including Purgatory Mount, about a spaceship crew investigating an alien megastructure, New Model Army, about a democratically run army, and ...

Every writer knows the thrill of a new idea—the spark that sets your imagination ablaze and gets your fingers itching to type. But let’s be honest: that spark doesn’t always come easily, and sometimes ...

It has gotten to the point in my life that I probably spend more time explaining my fan fiction writing to people than I actually spend, you know, writing fan fiction. It's sad that, as a kid, with no ...

Sheryl Grey is a freelance writer who specializes in creating content related to education, aging and senior living, and real estate. She is also a copywriter who helps businesses grow through expert ...

The novelist’s non-fiction is a window on to a freer period in Egyptian history ‘On Literature and Philosophy: The Non-Fiction Writing of Naguib Mahfouz, Volume I’ on x (opens in a new window) ‘On ...