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So you want to write a book? Brace yourself for some serious self-promotion and, yes, TikTok

So you want to write a book? Brace yourself for some serious self-promotion and, yes, TikTok

First published in the wine-and-dine era, Lauren Kessler now manages a blog, Instagram account, YouTube videos and more to help market her books
July 13, 2022
So you want to write a book? The risks and rewards of memoir

So you want to write a book? The risks and rewards of memoir

A learning-teaching journalist shares lessons learned as she revisited the realities of her mother's death and her own eating disorder
July 6, 2022
So you want to write a book? Part 2: Agents, queries and timelines

So you want to write a book? Part 2: Agents, queries and timelines

Newspaperman-turned-author Bryan Denson shares how he organizes his notes and timelines for books
February 23, 2022
So you want to write a book? Part 1: Have a strong story and resilient ego

So you want to write a book? Part 1: Have a strong story and resilient ego

Newspaper reporter Bryan Denson outlines how he went from rejection to multiple book contracts
February 22, 2022
So you want to write book? A long journey from newspaper reporter to book author

So you want to write book? A long journey from newspaper reporter to book author

In "The Diary of a Misfit," Casey Parks' had to let go of some journalistic boundaries to write about being queer in the religious, rural South
September 6, 2022
Share your favorite stories (and podcasts, books, and docs) of 2025

Share your favorite stories (and podcasts, books, and docs) of 2025

Nieman Storyboard's Best of 2025. Plus: The team behind ‘American Shrapnel’ on helping sources feel safe
November 21, 2025
How the team behind the ‘American Shrapnel’ podcast helped their sources feel safe

How the team behind the ‘American Shrapnel’ podcast helped their sources feel safe

As a reporting team revisited a series of bombings across the South in the 1990s, fears of political backlash remained prevalent
November 20, 2025
Meet the main characters: How six writers introduce their subjects to the reader

Meet the main characters: How six writers introduce their subjects to the reader

From the Nieman Storyboard archives: the descriptions, the scenes, and the internal thoughts that bring characters to life in narrative nonfiction
November 7, 2025
National Book Award finalist Claudia Rowe on writing about teens and the foster care system

National Book Award finalist Claudia Rowe on writing about teens and the foster care system

The author of ‘Wards of the State’ on preparing sources to be part of a book and covering the foster care system-to-incarceration pipeline
October 23, 2025
Michael Kruse & Bill Duryea: Lessons from a 16-year reporter-editor partnership

Michael Kruse & Bill Duryea: Lessons from a 16-year reporter-editor partnership

The journalists share how they supported and learned from each other at the Tampa Bay Times and Politico.
September 25, 2025