Writing books can be the most rewarding thing you ever do in an academic or public policy career. Many people compare writing a book to raising children. I wouldn't go quite that far, and I do not ...

The effort and thinking required to write a good book proposal—and make no mistake, it is a lot of work—will pay off, not only in netting you a contract, ...

My new book arrived on my doorstep today: “Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay.” If you are counting, that makes 21 books with my name on the cover as editor or author.

Having just finished a new book on body language, brain science, and how people communicate, due out in May 2014 from Harvard, I’m going to post a brief series on writing – what I’ve learned.

Cindy Kibbe, writing under her pen name C.K. Donnelly, is the author of "The Kinderra Series," an award-winning set of young adult fantasy novels. Like many authors, she self-publishes her work ...

I want to write a book about our history, the people who have been at the helm for over 100 years and show our business community just how dedicated to their needs we have always been, so there is ...

Over the course of a year, writing the first draft of a book is shockingly attainable. At 1,500 words a week—a few hours’ work—you can have a 75,000-word draft written in 50 weeks.

Before you write the first words, create a plan for who the book will serve, how it will reach this audience and how you'll produce it. This will save you a lot of time down the road.

Over the decades that I’ve been a professional writer, dozens of people have told me they want to write a book about their inner and outer lives as cabbies, baristas, pet sitters, pizza ...