The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.

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From outward appearances, writing books is not a swashbuckling career choice. Read about all of the writers who will be part of November’s 10-day Charleston Literary Festival by clicking on 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, ...

When most people talk about a book changing their life, they’re talking about a book they read — a book that changed their perspective or way of thinking. But for many authors, writing a book can be ...

Having spent more than 30 years in the book publishing industry, I’ve witnessed a dramatic shift in how readers consume content. Today, content is abundant, but attention spans are short. We scan more ...

There are many reasons people write books, from telling their personal stories to making money from sales For Patricia Atieno Kariaga, a university lecturer, her books are meant to inspire her readers ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP — Sitting in a large rocking chair in the Brandywine Elementary School cafeteria, first-grader Cora Champer was reading from “The Adventures of Lucky the Duck” to her principal, ...