My phone pinged with a text from an old graduate-school friend who, like me, is now a professor. He had just heard that I signed a contract with Random House to write a “trade” book.

Here’s some encouraging news: You only need two of the three to succeed. All three would be fantastic, but only two are required. Every book starts with an idea. But many of these ideas will be ...

Jami Attenberg, Roxane Gay, Alex Chee, and other novelists explain how to write a book. The first trick is: You have to write a 1000 words every day. The second trick is: You have to have fun.

In his book, Old White Man Writing, Seattle resident Joshua Gidding attempts to come to terms with his privilege.Gidding grapples with the rapidly changing cultural norms in 21 st-century America ...