Over the years, I’ve published a couple of series supporting teachers who were interested in writing education books. I’ve written or edited 13 education-related books. Now that I’ve retired, I’m ...

Writer and former New Orleans resident Dev Jannerson has participated in National Novel Writing Month an impressive eight times, three times hitting the coveted 50,000-word mark. Jannerson’s first ...

In addition to being an editor at Insider, I'm also a first-time published author. I wrote the bulk of my debut novel, "This Way Out," in just one month in 2020. My key advice is to write what you ...

She was among other area authors who dialed in or sat down for interviews with me to provide writing tips for National Novel Writing Month. All below authors also attended a Local Author Fair event ...

Editor's note: This piece includes the repeated use of a racial slur. We all have personal memories and stories, and documenting them in writing can be a way to preserve and revisit milestones from ...

As a master procrastinator who nonetheless gets stuff done over time, I’ve never felt entirely comfortable with the idea of pushing myself to write a novel in a pre-set period of time. Still, the ...

Books are getting longer. Some surveys have suggested that the word count for novels has doubled since the 1900s. Case in point, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy maxes out at 455,125 words, while "A ...