Every January, a familiar thought creeps into the minds of many: This is the year I finally write the novel. If you’ve ever tried to follow through on that promise and thought about using AI to ...

Nov. 1 marks the start of NaNoWriMo, an annual novel-writing challenge, and participants are scrambling to hit their daily 1,667 word count goal. But this year, the organization is facing controversy ...

Writing the first book is time-consuming. So, you may wonder, why should people still write one—especially if a book is not required for tenure at their institution? Many people may advise you to just ...

Jonathan Franzen hands me a journal he’s found in a bin, a record of his day-to-day entries from the summer of 1998. We are in a storage annex next to his office, which is Spartan. There’s a small ...

After over four decades in commercial real estate brokerage and 10 years writing this column, I thought I knew how to tell a story. Then I decided to write a book. And I’m pleased to say it’s ...

Vaughn Thompson and her dad, Ty Thompson, who live in Lake View, have just finished their second fantasy novel ...