Who Owns Our Truths?
Safe writing or hard truths? The better writers choose the latter, but there are consequences.

TNB Fiction Reviews!
The Nervous Breakdown is proud to present four new fiction review columns.

Unraveling the Sweater
A look inside a writer's office, and the process of editing a novel.

Career Day
A set of parents are invited to the elementary school for career day. One's a costume designer, the other a writer. Which one impresses the kids?

Holocaust Survivor, Pierre Berg
Holocaust survivor, Pierre Berg, talks about his experience at Auschwitz and his difficulty in finding a publisher for his memoir.

Temporary Ecstasy: The First Book Deal
This is the story of a book deal that happened without an agent, and this is not a book deal that will last. The temporary feelings of ecstasy, however, are real.

An Interview with Ellie, TNB’s 1,500th Twitter Follower
Brad Listi interviews Ellie, TNB's 1,500th Twitter follower.

Drive (Going to Graceland)
Reno looks back at 2009 while in a Greyhound bus with screaming children and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Introverts at the Microphone
Most writers are shy. Many are hermits. So how much fun is it to tell a writer to read their work into a microphone?

Love the Hustle

Duke Haney and The TNB Generation

Thriller Writers: David Morrell, Gayle Lynds, Karen Dionne, & Barry Eisler
Bestselling thriller writers debate the value of genre vs. literary fiction.

A 30-Year-Old Letter Arrives
Sometimes a grandmother believing you'll be a great writer is all you need to keep going.

Pummeling Ourselves
Close calls that end in rejection and other debilitating and demoralizing times for writers.

Attica Locke
Author and screenwriter, Attica Locke, talks about her debut novel, and the many projects that never saw the light of day.

Places That Capture Us

Daniel Nester: The TNB Self-Interview

21 Questions with Margaret Cho

How a Book Can Save a Kid
An obsessive reader usually has a good story about what first drew her to books.

LitPark Interview: Neil Gaiman

When Patience Is Required
For writers, especially those not inherently patient, struggling in a field that seems to be all about waiting.

Thousand Words: Lost in Hollywood
Mr. Romero goes to Hollywood and finds himself in the company of crazy people with literature and booze on their minds.

B-I-M-B-O
Kimberly's not your average dumb blonde. She's above average.

It’s All About Me