Jami Attenberg, Roxane Gay, Alex Chee, and other novelists explain how to write a book. The first trick is: You have to write a 1000 words every day. The second trick is: You have to have fun.

The effort and thinking required to write a good book proposal—and make no mistake, it is a lot of work—will pay off, not only in netting you a contract, ...

The hardest part about writing is often knowing where, or how, to begin. And for many who seek a literary community in Boston, the answer can be found at Grub Street. Boston.com Book Club’s next ...