If you’re an author, there is nothing more exciting, or daunting, than starting a draft of a new book. It’s like stepping onto the deck of a ship and heading [...]

It seems like everyone has written a book these days. Becoming an author used to be an exclusive club only a lucky few could enter if they were deemed worthy [...]

If ever there was a year that could claim the title “Worse Year Ever!” 2020 is in the running! But as this year slowly crawls to a miserable end with [...]

Welcome back to another month of The Iron Jaw, a monthly column on writing tips and finding inspiration. This month we are talking about writing series. As the author of [...]

Every time I step into an Uber, the drivers invariably ask me what I do. When I say I am a writer, an excited look will come into their eyes, [...]

Have you ever stood in a bookstore with some other writer’s book clutched in your palm, seething with irritation that their book is sitting on the shelf while yours sits [...]

Welcome back to The Iron Jaw, a monthly column on the writing life. This month we’re talking about the editing and revision process. If you’re an author, you know that [...]

Welcome back to The Iron Jaw, a monthly column on the writing life. This month we will be talking about writer’s block. Let me preface by saying: there is no [...]

Welcome to The Iron Jaw—a monthly column on the writing life brought to you by me, Alane Adams. As a children’s author with ten books out in the world, I [...]