Interviews / Poets Interview with Matthew Zapruder: “I’m pretty ruthless about making the time for my writing.” January 13, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Jonathan Whitelaw: “Writing a story and book reviews are the same.” January 13, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis: “I am motivated by deadlines.” January 13, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with A.J. Jacobs: “I don’t have a word count so much as a time count.” January 12, 2023
Interviews Interview with Lorna Cook: “I just put in the hours and hope for the best.” January 12, 2023
Interviews Interview with Elise Blackwell: “Returning to longhand work almost always works for me.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Piers Torday: “I try to avoid ever writing more than 1000 words a day.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Eleni Kyriacou: “Read everything, but especially in the genre you’re writing in.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with John Paul Brammer: “It’s definitely all based on vibes.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Hannah Nordhaus: “Since COVID, I’ve struggled to have a regular routine.” January 12, 2023
Essayists / Interviews Interview with Adrian Shirk: “These days, I write everywhere.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Joshua Furst: “Every work of fiction builds out of a series of decisions.” January 12, 2023
Interviews Interview with Debra Jo Immergut: “When I’m deep into a draft or revision, I’m obsessed.” January 12, 2023
Interviews Interview with Randal O’Wain: “If I never sit down in the chair then nothing will happen.” January 12, 2023
Interviews Interview with Janet Skeslien Charles: “One day, I will die of an avalanche of books.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Sophie Saint Thomas: “I allow the first draft to be as messy as possible.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Poets Interview with Jordan E. Franklin: “I tend to write when the feeling takes me.” January 12, 2023
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Jeff Jackson: “A good writing day starts the night before.” January 12, 2023
Interviews Interview with Zen Cho: “How that day goes partly depends on what deadlines I have.” September 22, 2022
Interviews / Journalists 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 / Novelists Interview with Steve Almond: “What matters is the ability to arrest your attention in the midst of distraction.” September 16, 2022
Interviews / Novelists 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 / Journalists Interview with Greg Donahue: “I just need to step away to have any chance of unlocking it.” August 26, 2022
Essayists / Interviews / Novelists 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 / Novelists 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 / Journalists 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
