Other academics, particularly younger scholars, often ask me about how to get an academic book published. When I recently floated the idea of writing a series of blog posts about this issue, on social ...

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 ...

“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.” – Christopher Hitchens (maybe) There are several variations of that quote and some dispute as to who first came up ...

There are a ton of reasons why you might consider writing books. You might want to prove your expertise on a given topic or create a funnel for your business. You might need a book in order to ...

Roy Peter Clark says he never meant to write another book about writing. Clark, a senior scholar at Poynter, had already written or edited 20 books about reading, writing and language. He is perhaps ...

As I write, I couldn't claim, quite, that my fingers are dancing across the keyboard. But they are making their way at a stately pace appropriate to my age (and figure), unimpeded by cramping of the ...

Jennifer Serravallo agreed to answer a few questions about her latest book, The Writing Strategies Book. You might also be interested in the interview she did for this column two years ago, “The ...