Author Katherine Reay breaks down how to create more believable characters by writing emotions that feel real.

In this interview, author Sophia Huneycutt discusses the editing process for her debut novel, alligators, and more.

The award-winning science-fiction author discusses the importance of fandom, writing for IP giants like Star Wars, and tackling his biggest project yet: a space opera.

Television and events producer (and author) Glenn R. Miller shares his top tips on writing lifelike dialogue that readers love.

How can you keep writing when midlife brings grief, exhaustion, rage, and a creativity that seems to have dried up? How can you accelerate if midlife brings you more energy? And how can you market you...

Published in 2025. Thriller. Mitch Rapp knew a surveillance team was closing in, but he didn’t know they would close in on his girlfriend, Greta. She was...

What happens to a one-person author business when you step away for a year? I spent this one doing a full-time Masters in Death, Religion, and Culture alongside The Creative Penn, and it turned out to...

In this interview, author Tomas Moniz discusses exploring youth and middle age in his new novel, The King of Aloe Vera.

Author Corinne Price shares her thoughts on the benefits of real-world research for writing fantasy worlds.

Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha uses the family tree to show how one joke can grow into a monologue that keeps readers laughing.

In this interview, author Allie Oleander discusses making previous side characters into main characters with her new romance, Prey for Me.

Author Tara Badstubner shares how writers are like migratory birds, especially when it comes to their drive to find stories.

Deanna Martinez-Bey discusses finding flow in writing and why getting lost in your writing is mentally healing.

In this interview, author Megan Mostyn-Brown discusses how a TV pitch led to her debut horror novel, The Need.

In this interview, author Tanaz Bhathena discusses how growing up on myths and legends led to her new historical fantasy, Witch Daughter.

In this interview, author Abby Geni discusses the years of thinking about the story before sitting down to write her new novel, Children of the Wolf.

How to write for your dream magazine.

Author Stefanie Koens shares her approach to writing dual-timeline stories that readers love to keep them coming back for more.

Author Katherine A. Sherbrooke shares her strategy for creating the ultimate plot twist by setting up two options and picking the third.

Author Leah De Forest shares four instances where an attention to POV skills can level up your fiction writing.

How can you teach yourself anything, even when it challenges the way you see the world? And how can you organise what you learn so it turns into books your readers will find? J. Daniel Sawyer shares his self-education toolkit after decades as a largely self-taught author.

Published in 2026. Romantasy. Poet Graves is a 19-year-old student who begins her first year at the Amery Academy in New Manhattan. Poet is the daughter ...

Cozy fantasy author and reader Lucy Jane Wood shares four tips for writing cozy fantasy that readers absolutely love.

Award-winning author Rhonda McKnight shares three lessons learned from writer's block after writing dozens of novels.

Author Melissa Payne discusses the dream of being an empty-nester with all the writing time vs. the reality as a writer.

Author Taylor J. LaRue shares nine romantasy openings in an attempt to help writers perfect the first chapter in their own novels.

Author Susan J Foster breaks down the neuroscience of flow for creative people, including how to silence your inner critic.

Author Christine Wells shares the power of premise in storytelling at all stages of the writing and publishing process for writers.

Author K. Ancrum shares her family recipe for strong reflective fiction that is sure to engage readers during and after the reading.

Author Rin-rin Yu’s debut middle-grade novel, Goodbye, French Fry, represents a combination of her true childhood experiences and the universal experience of growing into yourself.

In this interview author Kieran Scott discusses writing a closed-door mystery with her new novel, The Getaway.

This month, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch discusses how knowing the "why" of a fight scene helps us start them on the page.

Author Gabbi Calabrese explains why writers and readers can't afford pretension when it comes to reading...if the goal is more readers.

Award-winning author Kyla Zhao lays out why the art of wandering is important for creative people in the age of algorithms and echo chambers.

Published in 2022. Mystery. Finley O’Sullivan used to work for the District Attorney’s Office until she got fired. In the middle of a trial, she had a me...

How can you get your books surfaced when readers ask an AI what to read next? What are the hallmarks of authors and businesses that last more than a decade in the indie author industry? Ricardo Fayet ...

How can the Fast Drafting method help you finally finish your novel? And how do you make progress when you only have 30 minutes a day to write? Jessica Brody shares her tips for finishing first drafts...

In this interview, author Amy Lewis Bear discusses how her therapy practice continually inspired her new book, When Loving You Means Losing Me.

The three-time National Book Award finalist discusses her new short story collection, Brawler, and the necessity of failure in writing.

Author Ellen Rachlin discusses the importance and opportunity for writers to reclaim erased women through historical fiction.

In this interview, author Megan Frampton discusses going from contemporary noir to historical romantasy with her new novel, Demons and Diplomacy.

In this interview, author Elizabeth DeLozier discusses how a Jack the Ripper tour in London helped inspire her new historical fantasy, The Whitechapel Full Moon Society.

How to keep creative momentum when you have little time to write.

Deanna Martinez-Bey examines when writing feels like a chore and offers writers concrete ways to reignite their creative passion.

In this interview author LaToya Watkins discusses the grief at the center of her new literary novel, The Book of Chuck.

Literary Agent Jessica Berg offers advice for recognizing when you’re improving your manuscript and when you’re making changes out of fear.

In this interview, author Evelyn Skye discusses pitching a different idea before writing her new novel, Ideal Life.

Published in 2022. Scifi. Logan Ramsey works at the GPA, Gene Protection Agency, for the federal government. He’s lured into a trap by an informant, wher...

Five secrets to writing scenes of perfect length.

Author and software developer Kevin Hincker shares why he won't let AI anywhere near his novel writing process.