Archive - Author Insider

The Business of Nonfiction: What It Takes to Sell a Book Today

A live, members-only Q&A with Hollis Heimbouch, publisher of Harper Business and Harper Edge

19 hrs ago • Panio Gianopoulos

ADHD and the Writing Life: What No One Talks About (Substack Live: Tues 4/14)

A candid conversation with author Irena Smith

Apr 13 • Panio Gianopoulos

Adventures in Everyday Economics

21 Questions with Alex Mayyasi on how to find ideas hiding in plain sight.

Apr 10 • Panio Gianopoulos and Alex Mayyasi

Jenny Lawson on What to Do When Nothing Is Okay

Simple, effective strategies for getting through hard days

Apr 6 • Panio Gianopoulos

Somehow, This Is Working

21 Questions with Jenny Lawson

Apr 3 • Panio Gianopoulos and Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

March 2026

Writing at the Edge of What We Know

Theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on craft, curiosity, and the cosmic questions that drive her work

Mar 27 • Panio Gianopoulos and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Science of Overcoming Limits (Live with Nir Eyal)

Exploring the hidden beliefs that shape what we see, attempt, and achieve

Mar 26 • Panio Gianopoulos

4 Strategies for Building a Book Launch That Lasts

What a decade-long bestseller reveals about sustaining book sales

Mar 25 • Panio Gianopoulos

The Offhand Remark That Became a Book

Anthony Klotz on research, writing, and the career “jolts” that change everything

Mar 21 • Panio Gianopoulos

Writing Without Excess

21 Questions with Simon Kuper, author of World Cup Fever

Mar 20 • Panio Gianopoulos

Do Fiction Writers Need a Platform?

A quiet shift in what helps a book get a deal

Mar 17 • Panio Gianopoulos

One Hundred Drafts Later

Daniel Coyle on curiosity, community, and the carpentry of writing.

Mar 13 • Panio Gianopoulos

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