Five top science book writers offer advice for budding authors in a series of interviews in Nature's Books & Arts section. Peter Atkins reveals the hard work behind a successful textbook; Carl Zimmer ...

Author Robin Sloan tells us how machine learning crept into his novels. But can an AI master plot? Writing prose well is one thing--and not easily mastered, either, but plotting is an arcane art that ...

Writers engage in a lot of magical thinking related to our own productivity. Some of us believe we need special writing spots or particular writing implements to get the job done. Others follow ...