Taking on writing as a profession is no easy feat. You’ll have to deal with many factors that could hinder your getting published. You’ll get rejections or may even be asked to compromise your work for the sake of someone else’s interest. You might feel bullied by literary critics or ignore...

Abruptly following the overindulgent era of the Roaring Twenties, the United States experienced the harshest of economic downturns, and its citizens soon felt the humbling blow of the Great Depression. As a laborer-turned-writer, John Steinbeck perfectly captured the diminished spirit of the Amer...

For nearly a century, he has been renowned for his colorful works of fiction, his celebrity presence in the Roaring Twenties, his indulgent lifestyle, and, of course, his creation of the “Great American Novel." No other American author truly embodies the fancies and follies of the Jazz Age than...