Every time I turn around, Jami Attenberg has published another novel or memoir. But I do not begrudge her this, because I know how she does it. For years, Jami has enlisted conspirators in writing a ...

Considering these five issues early in the writing process can help focus and shape your manuscript, Katherine Ann Wiley ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about strategy. In other genres that is pretty common. Think of autobiographies, history books, and travel guides. In ...

Here are two words that might make you swoon with longing or simmer with envy: book leave. In an ideal book leave, a person would get paid well enough (from a big old book advance?) to take unpaid ...

Question: I had a bumpy transition out of the Navy. I learned a lot of what not to do and want to share it all in a book. Is that a good idea, and how would I get started? Answer: As the author of ...

Writing a book can be daunting and fulfilling, and therapeutic. Either way, this takes time. The questions below will help you figure out and formulate your book. These were taken both from the ...

My new book arrived on my doorstep today: “Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay.” If you are counting, that makes 21 books with my name on the cover as editor or author. But it is only with ...

Over the decades that I’ve been a professional writer, dozens of people have told me they want to write a book about their inner and outer lives as cabbies, baristas, pet sitters, pizza deliverers, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. Are you retired or changing careers? Have you worked in the same ...

Ever wondered how some authors manage to churn out novel after novel without breaking a sweat? What if I told you there’s a tool that can help write books using AI? Enter Novelcrafter, an artificial ...

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 ...