The Writer

Non-writers often assume authors fall into one of two categories: The Starving Artist, surviving on crumbs of bread and the passion of our prose, or the Celebrity Author, netting Stephen King- or J.K. Rowling-size royalties. Authors live in mansions

The publishing industry traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, in early September for Digital Book World (DBW), a three-day deep dive into the “wide world of publishing” and its future. And the world of publishing at DBW was indeed wide: the Big 5, librar

For the last few months, I’ve been studying The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias, a book by social psychologist Dolly Chugh. It details how to move from believing you are good to actually building a better world. My urge to build bet

I cannot imagine a career but the one I have now. I work on a variety of different projects in a basement office that holds a couch, floor-to-ceiling bookcases, and an easy chair. My commute from the bedroom is 25 seconds if I amble. I don’t have to

I put a lot of thought into my story proposals. Not just what they say but when to send them. For example, I never send queries on a Monday morning. I’m not sure it actually matters – after all, does an editor really read my query the same day I send

Maybe you’re counting down the years (or minutes). Or maybe you can’t ever see yourself retiring. Regardless of your age and retirement timeline, now is the time to be saving for your future. Here are some of the options and resources all writers nee

The early pioneers of modern-day publishing were visionaries, eager to make a name for themselves. Around the turn of the 20th century, the New York publishing houses were born, creating the foundation for the key players we know today. In the years

Novelist David Guterson, author of the notable Snow Falling on Cedars, once stated, “When I went to college, I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.” The study of creative writing at colleges and universities is a modern

In 2002, poet Jake Adam York founded Copper Nickel at the University of Colorado Denver. He died 10 years later at age 40, and the magazine went on hiatus until poet and professor Wayne Miller relaunched it in 2014. The biannual print publication – w

Find the perfect MFA, MA, or PhD program with our annual listing. Degree type: MFA in creative writing. MFA in playwriting also available. Concentrations: Fiction and poetry. Contact: Creative Writing Program, 236 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215. 617

Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris built a cult following with her blog, The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice, and her innovative YouTube series, “Under the Knife.” She creatively uses both platforms to educate and entertain her audience about various topic

ON THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 21, 1846, hundreds of men crowded into the operating theater at London’s University College Hospital, where the city’s most renowned surgeon was preparing to enthrall them with a mid-thigh amputation. As the people filed