Don’t Write Alone
How Do You Design a Book Cover?
A roundtable discussion with the design department of Catapult books.
Finding My Authentic Voice as a Late-Diagnosed Autistic Writer
I had always used writing to try and make sense of myself, without realizing just how much of this was a way of processing a divergent experience of the world.
How to Pivot from Writing Short Stories to Novels
If you’ve written short stories and are figuring how to get started on a novel, Erin Flanagan has some tips to help you get started.
A Conversation about ‘Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks’
Co-authors David Bushman and Mark Givens talk about their book and how to use research as a tool.
I Went to Medical School and Came Out a Writer
Literature and medicine are not opposed pursuits but rather one in the same endeavor to find sense in messy, human stories.
“I’m not very good at hating things”: A Conversation with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
The writer and podcaster discusses his new book ‘Son of Elsewhere,’ taking pop culture seriously, and not inviting his Twitter self to the writing party.
For Ada Limón, We’re All the Hurting Kind
In this interview, Eliza Harris speaks with Ada Limón about her new poetry collection, the failure of language, and finding the will to begin again.
Can Fiction Help Solve the Ethical Problems of True Crime?
True crime wants us to believe that our monsters are individual, not systemic—the errant serial killer rather than a violent and inequitable culture.
What It Takes to Make a Living As a Working-Class Writer
I was often housing insecure; sometimes even homeless. I’ve had fewer opportunities to publish and I do so at a higher cost.
Matt Bell Is a Student (and Teacher) of Writing
In this interview, Ruth Joffre talks with Matt Bell about his new craft book ‘Refuse to Be Done,’ interactive storytelling, building a craft library, and more.
