In addition to being an editor at Insider, I'm also a first-time published author. I wrote the bulk of my debut novel, "This Way Out," in just one month in 2020. My key advice is to write what you ...

Writing a novel is something that many people try, and even more people think about. The most important thing to know before you start is that you don't have a novel inside you. It emerges only as you ...

I’m not a perfectionist and only a half-hearted procrastinator. Yet it took me a decade or more from that first thought of writing a novel to today, when I can lift my eyes and see copies of Kylie’s ...