Want to write a novel in 2026? Or maybe 13 novels? Here's how one incredibly prolific writer gets it all done.

In 1899, novelist Kate Chopin's Louisiana character Edna Pontellier created a furor of criticism for pursuing her own passions and then ending her life. Chopin published a retraction of sorts: "I ...

For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the ...