I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

Journalists-turned-authors to share their advice on how to navigate the leap from article to manuscript. Here is their advice ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

Children’s book author Lee Wardlaw prefers to do things her way — after 40 years of writing children’s books, she’s learned ...