Writers

When Should We Add the (Book) Marketing? Seth Godin points out that marketing should start at the beginning, and that's true for nonfiction authors too

For your practice writing sessions: 365 creative writing prompts, one for each day of the year.

13 Must-Have Mobile Apps for Writers. Writing has changed since the days of typewriter and correction fluid (remember the little bottle of white-out with the brush, remember how strong it smelled, how fast it dried, how fun it was?). Pen and paper have been replaced in many fields by smartphones, mobile devices and laptops. But until recently it never occurred to me that more than just writing could be aided by technology.

Is writing really something you can only do alone? Or does it take a village? | Penn & Paper

When in doubt, scrapbook.

Genius, captured on camera.

Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page...

When I heard that Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, was visiting Denver, I actually gasped out loud. The Book Thief has been influential in my writing and reading life in more ways than I can name. Suffice it to say that I have about a million favorite books, but when forced to choose just one, I say The Book Thief. The characters don't let you go, the plot is so original, and to say the writing style is beautiful is an understatement. So of course I jumped at the chance to hear Zusak…

National Author's Day is November 1 - so what better day to celebrate your favorite author and the books they write? Look to these funny memes about writing and author quotes from books that perfectly describe what it's like to write for a living.