Author Beth Miller shares why to write sex scenes in fiction and eight dos and don’ts of how to write sex scenes that work.

Is hybrid publishing or self-publishing better for your project? Learn the difference, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

Seasoned podcast producer and sound designer Jaimi Ryan explains how authors can use podcasting as DIY audiobook publishing to reach readers.

When I began, almost 30 years ago, to write The Dancing Face, I was resident writer at the Royal Festival Hall. I was faced, almost every day, with the inevitable question—what…

In this interview, author Nicole Nehrig discusses the long history of women’s textile work in her new book, With Her Own Hands.

Author Jude Berman discusses the importance of writing diverse characters to reflect a more diverse world (and how to do it with care).

Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.

In this interview, author Sandra J. Paul discusses the challenges and research that went into her new thriller novel, The Girl Without a Voice.

Award-winning writer Barbara Josselsohn discusses how to choose the best point-of-view in fiction by looking at how each of them work.

Author and book club host Carol Hoenig shares 32 suggestions for handling book clubs, whether you’re a host, author, or book club member.

In this interview, author Daphne Fama discusses writing a love letter to Filipino history with her debut horror novel, House of Monstrous Women.

Middle grade author Sherri Winston shares her tips and tricks for creating a character with a voice that is both believable and relatable.

Bestselling author Elise Hart Kipness breaks down how she does in-person research (like at the US Open) as a thriller writer.

Author Yiming Ma shares how his immigrant experience has influenced his views on life as well as his novel writing.

In this interview, author Jessica Francis Kane discusses how her decades-long admiration for one author’s work led her to write her new literary novel, Fonseca.

Find Jenny Birch’s successful query to agent Amanda Orozco for her debut novel, Woven From Clay, which was originally titled something else.

Bestselling author Julia London discusses the necessity of writers reinventing themselves over a writing career and how to make it work.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about a mystical vending machine.

In this interview, author Jo Morey discusses reverting to her characters in her debut novel, Lime Juice Money.

Author Leslie J. Wyatt breaks down why romance writing matters beyond the fact that it’s the bestselling genre around year after year.

Author Tim Chawaga shares a way to write science fiction about climate change by looking at his debut novel Salvagia.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, screenwriter Larry Postel offers his professional insight on how to navigate an “offer too good to be true.”

In this interview, author Catherine Dang discusses the shocking true story that helped inspire her new coming-of-age horror novel, What Hunger.

Find the heart and shape of your memoir, plus more from Writer’s Digest!