Writing & Publishing Highlights

Lisa Miller, religion columnist for The Washington Post, comments on the current state of religion in the media.

Jodi Picoult discusses Between The Lines, her first young adult collaboration with her daughter Samantha van Leer.

Prodigy discusses what went into writing My Infamous Life.

Fran explains how her new children's book, Being Wendy, helps kids be more accepting of others.

The story of young woman in South Korea in the 1960s who is asked to make an irredeemable choice that changes her life completely when she makes the wrong one.

Actor Stephen Tobolowsky discusses the unusal circumstance he was in when he auditioned for the hit TV-show GLEE.

Author Harry Stein on his new book "No Matter What... They'll Call This Book Racist: How our Fear of Talking Honestly about Race Hurts Us All." Photo: Encounter Books

Author Jessica Martinez offers a grand synopsis of her novel, Virtuosity, a story of love and addiction woven into the lives of musically gifted teenagers.

Dr. David Agus offers his perspective on the future of medicine and his belief and hope in cancer treatment and research.

Lisa McMann discusses her newest realistic fiction novel, Dead to You.

David Nichols tells of Ike's finest hours, the 1956 Suez crisis and the legislation that is still the US policy today.

Author John Irving talks about writing “Last Night in Twisted River” and writing significant sentences.

Mobb Deep's Prodigy discusses the state of the music industry and hip-hop.

In Chapter 5 of 19 of her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with Erik Michielsen, author and food writer Cathy Erway shares her approaches to improving her writing skills. Erway is a big blogging advocate, and finds value learning from readers about what resonates most with her audience. Additionally, she practices writing by doing exercises and assignments, from doodling and poetry to journalism. Erway is the author of "The Art of Eating In: How I learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove."

WSJ's Alexandra Alter reports on Lunch Break that "Hemlock Grove," by Brian McGreevy, is far more literary than "Twilight." A good looking teenage vampire teams up with a teenage werewolf to defeat a monster that's murdering high-school girls.