Did you know that George RR Martin, the mastermind behind the epic “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, often writes multiple chapters for each character consecutively? This non-linear approach helps him ...

A collection of songs poking at the political on “Kissing The Ring Of POTUS,” love and its consummation with “I Want to Wake Up with You”, and mortality through “Life After Life” and “Where Do We Go ...

“1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused and Productive All Year Round,” by Jami Attenberg. (Simon & Schuster) CHICAGO — Writing this sentence was hard. There were so many other ...

Lee Child has built an empire around his Jack Reacher series. He's written dozens of bestselling novels that spawned two Tom Cruise films and Prime Video's hit series starring Alan Ritchson. For ...

One thing I’ve observed, after years of working with academics on their writing, is how having expertise on a topic can block you from grasping new ways of doing things. Reaching the public is ...

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 ...

Science and science education face significant threats these days, whether in the form of bans on what types of science can be taught in schools, criticism from mainstream politicians who seem to have ...