In a column last February, I described the six main elements of a book proposal: overview, competition, market, author description, table of contents, and sample chapter. But I focused on one of ...

Writing the right book means it makes a difference to your reader.

Tucker Max is a bestselling author. One of his books has sold over two million copies and his company has worked with over 1,800 authors in 6 years. I quizzed Max about exactly how authors can ...

My quarrel is with the implication in the how-to books market that one can merely read them to find the magic secret for writing well enough to publish.

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 ...

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 ...

Max Barry's book Lexicon was voted fourth best science fiction novel of the year by Goodreads, and now he's put together a (mostly serious) list of steps ...

Part I in a series of posts about how to write an academic book and get it published.