“Book ideas come from a place with no address,” says Nancy Burkhalter. Or sometimes one that becomes clearer only with time. In the early...

I once pitched The Education of Delhomme , to an agent who asked, “What percentage of your book is fiction and how much is fact?” How...

All writers are asked that question about a million times in their career. And there are probably just as many replies for each book they...

When I went to Poland and France to visit Chopin’s museums and birthplace, I thought it was an extravagance. Turns out it was...

Here is my tale of how I smashed my writer’s block to smithereens. I was writing a book titled Critical Thinking Now: Practical...

My inaugural blog post. Should I say something pithy, outrageous, funny, alarming? Kleenex, please, for my flop sweat. We writers are...