I'm writing from the cusp of my fourth novel's publication. "Mississippi Blue 42" hits shelves Tuesday, and my armpits are ...

I had been writing since I was a child, mostly to turn away from the actual world and into one of my own making. I kept up this escapist pretense well into my early 20s, which is when I decided to ...

The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose ...

Writing also allows me to be more present as a mother. When I look back, it's hard to imagine life without my son or my creativity. It's obvious now that they were both always part of me.

Every year since 1999, NaNoWriMo has dedicated the month of November to challenging budding writers to pen the first 50,000 words of a novel—or 1,667 words per day for 30 days. According to the ...

Author Stefany Valentine published her debut novel, First Love Language, in January While she was writing the book, about an adoptee looking to reconnect with her culture, Stefany coincidentally ...