Longtime Canton attorney Douglas Savage loves books. "One of the things that attracted me to the legal profession was being surrounded by old books." Legal precedents and opinions reach far back in ...

I'm a writer, and to generate words I care about I first write them longhand, with pen and ink on paper. I'm also a teacher of creative writing, and when I tell my students—virtually all of whom write ...

When Philip Hensher sat down to write his latest book, he didn't labor away at a computer screen - not even a typewriter. PHILIP HENSHER: I must be one of the last novelists in England to write all ...

You can’t tell now, but I am writing this column in longhand. I’m on a tropical island (don’t hate me) without access to a computer screen (ditto) and composing a column this way is an enlightening — ...

Sometimes it’s hard for me to get started. When I am working on something, if it’s for myself, I procrastinate. I put it off ...

Just as with anything in life and business, the answer to learning how to write a book is to find a good teacher — people who have accomplished what you’re trying to do. If you want to know how to ...

“The Titanic was sinking so we jumped in the lifeboat and paddled like hell.” Since its inception, which featured former host Mary Alice Monroe, the show has branched out with live appearances, an ...