Top takeaways from the Author Nation conference, including using curiosity gaps to hook readers, leveraging new tools and services for authors, and thriving in self-publishing. Learn about marketing strategies, metadata tools, and standing out in the age of AI—plus advice from experienced authors.

Learn how music producer Rick Rubin’s insights about the creative process can help writers.

Is this popular book worth your time? It depends on where you are in the writing process.

How visualizing your readers can help you embrace your creative power and overcome writer’s block.

A review of Anne Lamott’s generous and encouraging guide to writing, Bird by Bird.

Writing a book is a big undertaking. Brilliant ideas can take seconds to formulate and months of labor to bring to fruition. But once you find your path, the work of hauling yourself over the mountain of the first draft simply requires putting one foot in front of the other.