Interviews / Novelists Interview with Julia Blackburn: “I am just beginning to find the book that will accompany me.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Matt Bai: “Where you write is less important than for whom you write.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Jeannine Ouellette: “I always want to be engaging with the unknown.” February 27, 2023
Editors / Interviews Interview with Salma Abdelnour: “I write a little bit every day, for myself.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Emily Stewart: “Have fun, and don’t worry about your career so much.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Tim Pears: “Who knows why one is drawn to certain themes?” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Barbara Browning: “Toggling between different forms helps propel me forward in the narrative.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Luanne G. Smith: “I’ve become a fierce protector of my writing time.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Gary Born: “I used very long plane trips for writing.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Christopher Blackwell: “The pen became my sword and a way to stand up for myself.” February 27, 2023
Interviews Interview with Martine Murray: “I’m interested in the unconscious processes that make us who we are.” February 27, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Alec Nevala-Lee: “I always find something that resonates with whatever I’m doing at the time.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Maddy Crowell: “I try to write as sensitively as possible.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Jonathan Eig: “My job is to discover and share the discovery.” February 26, 2023
Interviews Interview with Nadia Owusu: “I believe in allowing my subconscious time to process.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Carl Hoffman: “It takes a lot of work to live the life you want to live.” February 26, 2023
Interviews Interview with Jenn Shapland: “I’m happiest when I’m in the middle of writing something.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Armando Lucas Correa: “I try not to feel constrained by structure or form.” February 26, 2023
Interviews Interview with Sheila Liming: “I usually have a plan and am able to just charge forward once again.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Clover Hope: “I don’t really have a strict writing routine.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Nicholas Montemarano: “Great storytelling comes down to nine words.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Peter Blauner: “I’ll go all day and night unless someone stops me.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Ankita Anand: “I am completely at the mercy of my sources.” February 26, 2023
Interviews Interview with Priyanka Kumar: “Writing is a practice, like playing the piano.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Kern Carter: “Early mornings, glass of water, sometimes a cup of tea.” February 26, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Chitra Divakaruni: “I have no work-life balance when the writing is going well!” February 26, 2023
Interviews Interview with Jazz Monroe: “Set yourself artificial deadlines within the day and stick to them.” February 26, 2023
Editors / Interviews Interview with Barrett Swanson: “Just Bic pens and brass tacks.” February 24, 2023
Essayists / Interviews / Journalists Interview with Annelise Jolley: “My dream is to wake up early and write for an hour or two.” February 23, 2023
Interviews Interview with Catherine Gammon: “Is it a writing day if I read in bed for several hours?” February 22, 2023
Interviews Interview with Selina Alko: “My career has sometimes felt like my third child.” February 21, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Carla Power: “Good intentions over the first cup of coffee.” February 20, 2023
Interviews Interview with Polina Pompliano: “The creative process is more of a practice than a moment of inspiration. February 17, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Roxanna Asgarian: “The reporting is the intuitive part.” February 16, 2023
Interviews Interview with Charlotte Philby: “Other days, there are no words and sentences won’t form.” February 15, 2023
Interviews Interview with Caroline Hagood: “So often I just have to bang out writing on my phone.” February 14, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Alissa York: “At some point, the characters take the wheel.” February 13, 2023
Writing Routines George Pelecanos’ Writing Routine: “There is so much happening in the world that can make a writer passionate and angry.” February 10, 2023
Interviews Interview with Toni Mirosevich: “Little by little, moving words around.” February 10, 2023
Interviews Interview with Jennifer Savran Kelly: “I like to compare my first drafts to clay.” February 8, 2023
Interviews Interview with John Rosengren: “I suppose the morning routine is a bit of procrastination.” February 6, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Jana Meisenholder: “I just absorb as much information as possible.” February 2, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Ethan Brown: “The more work you do, the easier it is to write.” February 2, 2023