WD asked four authors about what libraries mean to them. Here’s what the greats have to say about what makes libraries so great. In the spring of 2018, I had the great good fortune to go to Cincinnati’s beautiful Mercantile Library and ...
In this exclusive cut of the Writer’s Digest Interview with novelist Amor Towles, he talks about his book club, promoting novels for an extended period of time while trying to write the next thing, and his upcoming works-in-progress. Read...
Show of hands, how many of you use laptops to take notes in class? Do you need to take notes on your laptop or can you use a pen and paper? Maybe you use a voice-recording app that’s been pre-approved by your teacher/professor or you shar...
All through middle school and high school, I was at the top of my class. Growing up in my small town, people knew me as the kid with good grades. Acing every test was important to me academically — I’ve always liked to feel like I’m d...
Margaret Atwood expounds on finding your voice, the beauty of multitasking, and what “chick lit” may have in common with Dracula and Frankenstein in this WD Interview with former editor-in-chief Kristin D. Godsey from the April 2004 iss...
In order to do the research for a section of her book Our Symphony With Animals (Pegasus Books, May 2019), Dr. Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH, had to talk to a serial killer. Here, she reveals the planning that went into her interviews and how she s...
Some of you may be totally excited about this because you know what awaits you. On the other hand, the rest of you might be rolling your eyes because you’re not ready to give up your sweet freedom. Allow us to make a case for why you s...
I have no experience with changing habits. I wish I did. I am in need of a psychologist for when I want to stop writing and change habits and go study (3 hours a minimum is required per subject). But it would be the solution of what I need ...
“I’m coming out, I want the world to know, I got to let it show.” Although, Diana Ross made “coming out” seem like a timeless BOP that’s catchy, upbeat and super easy to sing along to. Actually coming out as a member of the LGBT...
University is stressful, and students will probably always need some way to wind down. Enter the University Pub, the most accessible place to destroy your brain after you just spent all day trying to educate it. Perhaps I’ve shown my card...