Interviews Interview with Zen Cho: “How that day goes partly depends on what deadlines I have.” September 22, 2022
Interviews Interview with Paul Bradley Carr: “Hire a great editor and listen to them.” September 22, 2022
Interviews Interview with Joan Silber: “Every writer has to face rejection in various forms.” September 22, 2022
Interviews Interview with Michael J. Seidlinger: “I’d like to think it’s more like a form of therapy.” September 19, 2022
Interviews Interview with Steve Almond: “What matters is the ability to arrest your attention in the midst of distraction.” September 16, 2022
Interviews Interview with Peter Ho Davies: “Brief interruptions seem to be part of my writing process.” September 12, 2022
Interviews Interview with Margot Livesey: “As I get further along, the word count usually goes down.” September 9, 2022
Interviews Interview with Laura Cesarco Eglin: “I focus more on allowing myself free time.” September 5, 2022
Interviews Interview with Rebecca van Laer: “The more time I spend away from the project, the better.” August 29, 2022
Interviews Interview with Greg Donahue: “I just need to step away to have any chance of unlocking it.” August 26, 2022
Interviews Interview with Ethel Rohan: “I find handwriting frees the subconscious and restarts flow.” August 19, 2022
Interviews Interview with Hermione Hoby: “Writing can’t be quantified, and certainly not by word count.” August 15, 2022
Interviews Interview with Todd Henry: “Moving my fingers on the keys is the best way to unlock ideas.” August 12, 2022
Interviews Interview with Alyson Hagy: “I focus more on steady progress than word count.” August 8, 2022
Interviews Interview with Cat Baab-Muguira: “I write in great bursts of inspiration and interest.” August 5, 2022
Writing Routines Joseph Heller’s Writing Routine: “I feel that these ideas are floating around in the air and they pick me to settle upon.” August 3, 2022
Interviews Interview with Attica Locke: “My goal is to just show up to work and go as long as I can.” August 1, 2022
Interviews Interview with David Shields: “I count it a good day so long as I’m working on the book.” July 29, 2022
Writing Routines Jeffrey Archer’s Writing Routine: “You can never tell when and where inspiration will strike.” July 27, 2022
Interviews Interview with Ted Conover: “Writing is still hard for me, but it gets easier if I stick to a routine.” July 25, 2022
Interviews Interview with Sareeta Domingo: “Persevere, and choose projects in which you have the utmost belief.” July 22, 2022
Writing Routines Gillian Flynn’s Writing Routine: “There’s no muse that’s going to come down and bestow upon you the mood to write.” July 20, 2022
Interviews Interview with Michael Arditti: “My own process is one of constant refining and polishing.” July 18, 2022
Interviews Interview With Trevor Wood: “Writers like to prevaricate at the best of times.” July 15, 2022
Interviews Interview with Dan Charnas: “Different types of writing require different levels of immersion.” July 13, 2022
Interviews Interview with Jo Thomas: “Each book starts in the same way as I cook dinner.” July 13, 2022
Writing Routines Karen Jennings’ Writing Routine: “I knew I wanted to be a writer, and for a long time that was enough.” July 13, 2022
Interviews Interview with Lucy Tan: “I have a very limited source of pure creative energy.” July 12, 2022
Interviews Interview with Albert Samaha: “Seven hours of writing is nothing when you’re flowing.” July 12, 2022
Interviews Interview with Anjali Enjeti: “Some days I have a lot of ideas, other days I have none.” July 12, 2022
Interviews Interview with Jeffery Deaver: “I never have a block in the writing process.” July 11, 2022
Interviews Interview with Charlotte Mandell: “Our language is shaped by the language of others.” July 8, 2022
Writing Routines Laila Lalami’s Writing Routine: “Uncertainty is basically everyday in a life of a writer.” July 6, 2022
Interviews Interview with Anita Felicelli: “You’re juggling with one hand while miming climbing out of a well with the other.” July 4, 2022
Interviews Interview with Peter Mountford: “Your first and most important job is simply to command their attention.” July 1, 2022
Writing Routines Louise Penny’s Writing Routine: “I had to be hurt into novel writing.” June 29, 2022
Interviews Interview with Christine Sneed: “By the time we entered lockdown, I was utterly exhausted.” June 27, 2022
Interviews Interview with Jeffrey Archer: “I feel very lucky not to have suffered writer’s block.” June 24, 2022
Interviews Interview with Rachel Abbott: “Self-publishing is time-consuming and requires real dedication.” June 22, 2022