Hermione grew up in Bromley, in south London, and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2007 with a double first in English Literature.
Interview with Todd Henry: “Moving my fingers on the keys is the best way to unlock ideas.”
Positioning himself as an “arms dealer for the creative revolution”, Todd Henry teaches leaders and organizations how to…
August 12, 2022
Interview with Alyson Hagy: “I focus more on steady progress than word count.”
Alyson Hagy grew up on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She is a graduate…
August 8, 2022
Interview with Cat Baab-Muguira: “I write in great bursts of inspiration and interest.”
Cat Baab-Muguira grew up in South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia, a middle child in a big Catholic family.…
August 5, 2022
Joseph Heller’s Writing Routine: “I feel that these ideas are floating around in the air and they pick me to settle upon.”
Joseph Heller was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays, best-known for his 1961 satirical…
August 3, 2022
Interview with Attica Locke: “My goal is to just show up to work and go as long as I can.”
Attica Locke’s latest novel Heaven, My Home (September 2019) is the sequel to Edgar Award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird.
August 1, 2022
Interview with David Shields: “I count it a good day so long as I’m working on the book.”
David Shields is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Reality Hunger, The Thing About…
July 29, 2022
Jeffrey Archer’s Writing Routine: “You can never tell when and where inspiration will strike.”
Jeffrey Archer is an English novelist, best-known for his 1979 book, Kane and Abel, which remains as one of…
July 27, 2022
Interview with Ted Conover: “Writing is still hard for me, but it gets easier if I stick to a routine.”
Born January 17 in 1958, Ted Conover is an American author and journalist, best-known for his immersion into…
July 25, 2022
Interview with Sareeta Domingo: “Persevere, and choose projects in which you have the utmost belief.”
Sareeta Domingo is the author of The Three of Us, (originally published as The Nearness of You), and…
July 22, 2022
Gillian Flynn’s Writing Routine: “There’s no muse that’s going to come down and bestow upon you the mood to write.”
Gillian Flynn is an American writer, best-known for her three novels, Sharp Objects, Dark Places, and Gone Girl, all of which…
July 20, 2022
Interview with Michael Arditti: “My own process is one of constant refining and polishing.”
Michael Arditti is the author of twelve novels, including Easter, The Enemy of the Good, Jubilate and The…
July 18, 2022
Interview With Trevor Wood: “Writers like to prevaricate at the best of times.”
Trevor Wood is a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City…
July 15, 2022
Interview with Dan Charnas: “Different types of writing require different levels of immersion.”
Dan Charnas is an award-winning music and business journalist; producer of records and television; and professor.
July 13, 2022
Interview with Seyward Darby: “As a writer I tend to work like a quilter.”
Seyward Darby is the editor in chief of The Atavist Magazine. She previously worked at Foreign Policy and…
July 13, 2022
Interview with Jo Thomas: “Each book starts in the same way as I cook dinner.”
Jo Thomas worked for many years as a reporter and producer, first for BBC Radio 5, before moving…
July 13, 2022
Interview with Jess Row: “I have to protect my writing time carefully.”
Jess Row is the author of two collections of short stories, The Train to Lo Wu and Nobody…
July 13, 2022
Karen Jennings’ Writing Routine: “I knew I wanted to be a writer, and for a long time that was enough.”
Karen Jennings is a South African author, best-known for her novels Finding Soutbek (2013), and An Island, which…
July 13, 2022
Interview with Lucy Tan: “I have a very limited source of pure creative energy.”
Lucy Tan is the author of the novel What We Were Promised, which was longlisted for the Center…
July 12, 2022
Interview with Albert Samaha: “Seven hours of writing is nothing when you’re flowing.”
Albert Samaha is an investigative journalist, Inequality Editor at BuzzFeed News, and author of two books.
July 12, 2022
Interview with Anjali Enjeti: “Some days I have a lot of ideas, other days I have none.”
Anjali Enjeti is the recipient of the 2022 Georgia Author of the Year Award. A former attorney, organizer,…
July 12, 2022
Interview with Jeffery Deaver: “I never have a block in the writing process.”
A former journalist, folksinger and attorney, Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His novels have appeared…
July 11, 2022
Interview with Charlotte Mandell: “Our language is shaped by the language of others.”
Charlotte Mandell is a French literary translator who was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1968. She went to…
July 8, 2022
Laila Lalami’s Writing Routine: “Uncertainty is basically everyday in a life of a writer.”
Laila Lalami is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor, best-known for her 2014 novel, The Moor’s Account, which was…
July 6, 2022
Interview with Anita Felicelli: “You’re juggling with one hand while miming climbing out of a well with the other.”
Anita Felicelli is the author of Chimerica: A Novel and the award-winning short story collection Love Songs for…
July 4, 2022
The Daily Word Counts Of 17 Famous Authors
How many words should a writer produce on an average day? Well, to get a rough idea, let’s…
July 3, 2022
Interview with Peter Mountford: “Your first and most important job is simply to command their attention.”
Peter Mountford was born and raised in Washington, D.C., apart from three years in Sri Lanka in the…
July 1, 2022
Louise Penny’s Writing Routine: “I had to be hurt into novel writing.”
Louise Penny is a Canadian author, best-known for her mystery novels centred around Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. She…
June 29, 2022
Interview with Christine Sneed: “By the time we entered lockdown, I was utterly exhausted.”
Christine Sneed is the author of the novels Paris, He Said and Little Known Facts, and the story…
June 27, 2022
Interview with Jeffrey Archer: “I feel very lucky not to have suffered writer’s block.”
Now published in 97 countries and more than 33 languages, Jeffrey Archer is firmly established as one of…
June 24, 2022
Interview with Mark Ellis: “You must persist if you believe in your work.”
Mark Ellis is a thriller writer from Swansea and a former barrister and entrepreneur. He is the creator of…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Rachel Abbott: “Self-publishing is time-consuming and requires real dedication.”
Rachel Abbott is the bestselling author of the DCI Tom Douglas thrillers, which have sold over 4 million…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Joanne Harris: “Writing just a few hundred words a day can help me maintain focus.”
Joanne Harris (OBE) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Zoje Stage: “I have acquired the ability to write fairly quickly, once I’m fully focused.”
Zoje Stage’s debut novel, Baby Teeth (2018), received four star reviews, was a USA Today and international bestseller,…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Shannon Reed: “I don’t lack for inspiration, just for time.”
Shannon Reed is a writer and professor living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, she began…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Amanda Jennings: “My way of coping was to open my book, hide under a blanket, and read.”
Amanda Jennings was born in London in 1973, and her family moved to a village in rural Berkshire…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Yanyi: “Good writing doesn’t come from a desire to be published.”
Yanyi is the author of Dream of the Divided Field (One World 2022) and The Year of Blue…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Bill McKibben: “For some reason I’m especially productive on trains.”
Bill McKibben is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Will Mackin: “Once I accepted that, my imagination asserted itself.”
Will Mackin is a native of Marmora, New Jersey. His first book, Bring Out the Dog, won the…
June 22, 2022
Daisy Johnson’s Writing Routine: “The whole process of writing is one of putting things down and walking away.”
Daisy Johnson is a British novelist and short story writer, best known for her debut novel, Everything Under, which…
June 22, 2022
Interview with Ed Simon: “It’s all about putting one word after another.”
Ed Simon is a contributing writer for Belt Magazine, a contributing editor for the History News Network, and…
June 20, 2022
Interview with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum: “It taught me that the creative process isn’t fragile.”
Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum is the author of three collections of short fiction – This Life She’s Chosen, Swimming…
June 17, 2022
Amanda Gorman’s Writing Routine: “To write I just needed a pen and a page.”
Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist, and the first person to be named National Youth Poet…
June 15, 2022
Interview with Matthew Specktor: “I’ve enjoyed writing a memoir much more than I ever would have imagined I would.”
Matthew Specktor’s books include the novels That Summertime Sound and American Dream Machine, which was long-listed for the…
June 13, 2022
Alex Michaelides’ Writing Routine: “Writing is a bit like therapy; I had stuff to work out.”
Alex Michaelides is a British-Cypriot author and screenwriter, best known for his best-selling debut novel, The Silent Patient, and…
June 8, 2022