In this interview, author and doctor Fazlur Rahman shares what inspired his memoir, the winding road it followed to get published, and more.

Author Sharon V. Agar shares the personal story of how her dire prognosis and recovery related to her lung inspired her novel.

WD reconnected with former Breaking In author Eleanor Shearer to discuss her latest release, Fireflies in Winter, and what she’s learned since releasing her debut novel.

In this interview, author Jonathan W. Jordan discusses the forgotten friendship at the heart of his new historical book, Ike and Winston.

Author Ronda Beaman shares what is so human and essential about taking the time to physically write and why letter writing still matters.

Author Celeste Dador discusses her debut bucket list of three writing goals for her romance novel heading into the semiquincentennial.

In this interview, author April Henry discusses how digging deep into family history helped inspire her new YA thriller, In the Blood.

Author (and editor) John Glynn shares how real writing occurs on revision after the fun and messy process of writing the first draft.

Author Laura Anthony explores writing a dual timeline novel across continents and time periods and what makes them tick.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write from the perspective of an antagonist.

In this interview, author A.N. Caudle discusses how the characters demanded their stories be told in her romantasy novel, Worthy of Fate.

Author Candicee Childs shares her journey to turn personal challenges into a picture book for young readers to enjoy and find inspiration.

Author Tish Harrison Warren discusses walking away from a regular column and searching for what is the point of the writing life.

In this interview, author Melinda Leigh discusses wanting to dive deeper into a previously written character with her new thriller, You Can Tell Me.

Author H.Y. Hanna explains why readers are gravitating toward sun-drenched thrillers and darker beach reads (and what that means for writers).

Learn why a lack of tension and suspense may be what’s keeping you from that publishing contract, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

In this interview, internationally bestselling author Soman Chainani discusses having to find a new writing style for his new YA political thriller, Young World.

Author A. David Lewis discusses the power of the gutters (or space between panels) in comics and what writers can learn from it.

InstaPoets Lyndsay Rush and Maria Giesbrecht have a conversation about their methods on and memories of sharing poetry on Instagram and more.

Media coach for authors Paula Rizzo shares five ways you can get media attention for your book.

Author Martha Conway shares her four rules for writing characters with specific conditions and explores the problem with pity.

In this interview, author Kasey Iris discusses thinking of the writing process as journaling when writing her debut graphic novel, Ghoul.

Author Uzma Jalaluddin shares a list of essential ingredients for how to cozy-fy your murder mystery for readers.

Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling shares 10 content types to build your author presence on LinkedIn.