If you’ve tried your hand at novel writing, you know that writing a book isn’t as simple as scribbling thoughts down in a notebook. Book planning takes time, a few outlines, and plenty of rewrites, ...

Like many freelance writers, I’ve been “working on a novel” more or less since college, though “the novel” that I’m “working on” has shifted considerably from a ‘70s-era bildungsroman to an art heist ...