Interview with Philippa East: “I just try to power to the end.”
Philippa East grew up in Scotland and originally studied Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Oxford. After…
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Interview with Brian Evenson: “If I’m starting to feel stuck, I move.”
Brian Evenson is a critically acclaimed author of a dozen books of fiction, including the story collection A…
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Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis: “I am motivated by deadlines.”
Vanessa Grigoriadis is a critically acclaimed journalist and author. She is a contributing writer at The New York…
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Interview with A.J. Jacobs: “I don’t have a word count so much as a time count.”
A.J. Jacobs is a bestselling author, journalist, lecturer, and human guinea pig. He has written four New York…
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Interview with Lorna Cook: “I just put in the hours and hope for the best.”
Lorna Cook is a historical fiction author who specializes in writing romantic stories set in the past, full…
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Interview with Elise Blackwell: “Returning to longhand work almost always works for me.”
Elise Blackwell is an award-winning author of five novels, including the critically acclaimed Hunger and her most recent,…
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Interview with Piers Torday: “I try to avoid ever writing more than 1000 words a day.”
Piers Torday is an award-winning and bestselling writer for children. His work has been translated into 14 languages…
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Interview with Eleni Kyriacou: “Read everything, but especially in the genre you’re writing in.”
Eleni is an award-winning editor, author and journalist whose writing has appeared in a variety of publications including…
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Interview with John Paul Brammer: “It’s definitely all based on vibes.”
John Paul Brammer is a journalist, writer, and illustrator from rural Oklahoma. With a passion for writing and…
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Interview with Hannah Nordhaus: “Since COVID, I’ve struggled to have a regular routine.”
Hannah Nordhaus is a bestselling nonfiction author and journalist whose work explores history, science, and the natural world.
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Interview with Adrian Shirk: “These days, I write everywhere.”
Adrian Shirk is the author of Heaven Is a Place on Earth, a personal odyssey of American utopian…
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Interview with Joshua Furst: “Every work of fiction builds out of a series of decisions.”
Joshua Furst is the author of Revolutionaries (Knopf), a novel, and The Little Red Stroller (Dial Books), a…
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Interview with Leah Franqui: “I’m happy to throw out a lot of things.”
Leah Franqui is a proud Philadelphian, and believes the city is far more than just cheese steaks. She…
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Interview with Debra Jo Immergut: “When I’m deep into a draft or revision, I’m obsessed.”
Debra Jo Immergut is the author of You Again, published by Ecco/HarperCollins in July 2020, and The Captives,…
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Interview with Randal O’Wain: “If I never sit down in the chair then nothing will happen.”
Randal O’Wain holds an MFA from Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. He is the author of Meander Belt: Family,…
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Interview with Janet Skeslien Charles: “One day, I will die of an avalanche of books.”
Janet Skeslien Charles is the award-winning author of Moonlight in Odessa and The Paris Library. Her shorter work…
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Interview with Sophie Saint Thomas: “I allow the first draft to be as messy as possible.”
Sophie Saint Thomas is an award-winning journalist and author based in New York City and originally from the…
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Interview with Jordan E. Franklin: “I tend to write when the feeling takes me.”
Jordan E. Franklin is a Black poet from Brooklyn, NY. A Brooklyn College alum, she received her MFA…
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Interview with Jeff Jackson: “A good writing day starts the night before.”
Jeff Jackson is a novelist, playwright, visual artist, and songwriter. His second novel Destroy All Monsters was published…
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Interview with Zen Cho: “How that day goes partly depends on what deadlines I have.”
Zen Cho is the author of the Sorcerer to the Crown novels, the novella The Order of the…
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Interview with Paul Bradley Carr: “Hire a great editor and listen to them.”
Paul Bradley Carr has spent more than 20 years plumbing the darkest depths of the tech industry including…
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Interview with Joan Silber: “Every writer has to face rejection in various forms.”
Joan Silber was raised in New Jersey and received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied…
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Interview with Michael J. Seidlinger: “I’d like to think it’s more like a form of therapy.”
Michael J. Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of Anybody Home?, Scream, and other books.
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Interview with Steve Almond: “What matters is the ability to arrest your attention in the midst of distraction.”
Steve Almond is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers…
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Interview with Peter Ho Davies: “Brief interruptions seem to be part of my writing process.”
Peter Ho Davies’s most recent books are the novel A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself, long-listed for…
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Interview with Margot Livesey: “As I get further along, the word count usually goes down.”
Margot Livesey grew up in a boys’ private school in the Scottish Highlands where her father taught, and…
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Interview with Laura Cesarco Eglin: “I focus more on allowing myself free time.”
Laura Cesarco Eglin is a poet and translator from Uruguay. She is the author of three collections of…
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Interview with Harriet Kline: “The words always mount up eventually.”
Harriet’s debut novel This Shining Life was published last year by Penguin US and Transworld UK. She also…
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Interview with Rebecca van Laer: “The more time I spend away from the project, the better.”
Rebecca van Laer is a writer based in the Hudson Valley. How to Adjust to the Dark (Long…
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Interview with Greg Donahue: “I just need to step away to have any chance of unlocking it.”
Greg Donahue is an American writer and investigative journalist. His work has appeared in publications including New York…
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Interview with Karen Havelin: “I try very hard to trust the process.”
Karen Havelin is a writer and translator from Bergen, Norway. She attended Skrivekunst-akademiet i Hordaland, and has a…
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Interview with Ethel Rohan: “I find handwriting frees the subconscious and restarts flow.”
Ethel Rohan is the author of In the Event of Contact, winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story…
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Interview with Hermione Hoby: “Writing can’t be quantified, and certainly not by word count.”
Hermione grew up in Bromley, in south London, and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2007 with…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Joseph Heller’s Writing Routine: “I feel that these ideas are floating around in the air and they pick me to settle upon.”
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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.
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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…
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Jeffrey Archer’s Writing Routine: “You can never tell when and where inspiration will strike.”
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Interview with Ted Conover: “Writing is still hard for me, but it gets easier if I stick to a routine.”
Ted Conover is an author and journalist who has been called a “master of immersion” and “master of…
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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…
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Gillian Flynn’s Writing Routine: “There’s no muse that’s going to come down and bestow upon you the mood to write.”
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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…
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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…
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