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Panio Gianopoulos, Danielle Trussoni, Simone Stolzoff, Joanna Stern, Cate Hall, Darby Saxbe, Manoush Minutes, Elizabeth Svoboda, Marisa Solis, Elizabeth DoughertyInside the business of being a writer.
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The Courage to Look Foolish
Cate Hall has made a habit of ignoring conventional career advice. Before writing You Can Just Do Things, she left an elite legal career for professional poker, co-founded a biotech startup, and later led one of the world’s largest philanth...
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Starting a book is easy. The hard part is keeping going. In today’s guest post, book coaches (and authors) Marisa Solis and Elizabeth Dougherty explore three of the biggest reasons that writers stall out, and offer proven, practical ways to...
What Makes a Debut Writer Stand Out?
On Wednesday, September 16, I’ll be joined by India Lena González, senior editor at Poets & Writers Magazine, for a candid conversation about what makes a debut nonfiction book, and its author, stand out.
Backstory: I met India at the Whi...
The 200-Day Writing Streak
With a full-time job, three kids, and six pets, I’ve never been able to pull off a daily writing routine. Instead, I write on weekends and the occasional free evening but, most of all, while on vacation (ruining the whole take-it-easy ethos...
How to Talk About Your Book on Camera (Without Hating Yourself)
Media coach Kim Rittberg on overcoming camera anxiety, preparing stronger sound bites, and speaking with confidence without sounding scripted
I dread being on camera. It’s hardly a shocking confession: most writers I know find the experien...
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Fiction writer & book editor & lover of ampersands
Danielle Trussoni is a New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling novelist. She has been a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction jurist and writes the "Dark Matters" column for the New York Times Book Review.
Writer/Designer. Author of How To Not Know, The Good Enough Job, and The Article Book Club (Substack) | simonestolzoff.com
I'm the founder and chief everything officer at New Things. Subscribe at thenewthings.com. I'm also the author of I AM NOT A ROBOT: MY YEAR USING AI TO DO (ALMOST) EVERYTHING. Buy it here! joannastern.com.
searching for the hidden doors in the walls of life
Professor at the University of Southern California. I study the neurobiology of parenthood & wrote the book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives.
I’m Manoush Zomorodi, a journalist looking at what all our screen time and sitting are doing to our bodies and brains. I host NPR’s TED Radio Hour and wrote Body Electric (May 5, 2026). This is where I share updates and my ideas in progress.
I'm a science writer and essayist for the Boston Globe's Ideas section, Scientific American, and other outlets. My upcoming book The Art of Pacing is about how to find a sustaining pace in a speed-obsessed world.
Marisa Solis is a book coach, developmental editor, and coauthor of The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book. She's been in publishing since 1999 and is based in Los Angeles.
Elizabeth Dougherty, a book coach and developmental editor since 1988, coauthored The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book with Marisa Solis. Their company, Book Structure Pros, helps experts become authors.
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