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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
Lisa Grace Lednicer
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
Lauren Kessler
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
Mallary Tenore Tarpley
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
Bryan Denson
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
Bryan Denson
Tempted to self-publish that book? Here are some things to know

Tempted to self-publish that book? Here are some things to know

Many — maybe most — journalists aspire to write a book. Back in the day, more than a few of them had a work-in-progress hidden in the bottom drawer of…
December 15, 2021
Jacqui Banaszynski
A panoramic approach to a book about the Sept. 11 boat lift

A panoramic approach to a book about the Sept. 11 boat lift

In “The Art of Description: World into Word,” Mark Doty writes that Proust endeavored to “dilate the sentence toward its outer limit, so that one would feel the blur of…
September 7, 2021
Jessica DuLong
“I spent my career writing hard news. That's me.”

“I spent my career writing hard news. That’s me.”

—John N. Maclean in an interview about his memoiristic new book "Home Waters"
June 8, 2021
Jacqui Banaszynski
An investigative journalist tries his hand at a true crime series for middle schoolers

An investigative journalist tries his hand at a true crime series for middle schoolers

As a reporter, Bryan Denson seems to have done it all — working the police beat, writing longform narratives, teaming up on big investigative features, and producing a nonfiction book.…
July 2, 2019
Jill U. Adams

Robert Caro and the lightbulb moment he had writing his first book, “The Power Broker”

The superstar historian talks about deciding that to show power, he must show what it does to the powerless
September 19, 2016
Kari Howard