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. But it is only with ...

What if writing a book no longer required months of painstaking effort, late nights, and endless rewrites? Imagine crafting an entire manuscript—complete with polished prose, cohesive structure, and ...

I started writing a novel one evening a week when my oldest child was a baby. I’ve just completed a big rewrite and finally feel ready to take the next steps toward getting my story out into the world ...