My siblings want a “happy” family history book, but our story includes real trauma. How honest should we be?

— Conflicted in Columbus

You’re definitely not alone. Anyone tackling a family history book inevitably comes across the question of what you should or shouldn’t include, especially when...

Look around a bookstore. Do you see that book across the way? No, not the one in your hand — the one with the flashy title, all systems go, perfect for sprucing up a bookshelf. If your intuition is up to snuff, you already know that book’s DNA is made up of little more than bullet points and bar graphs.

Business titles live and die by bestseller lists, and books ar...

If you’ve ever wondered what truly powers The Writers For Hire, it’s not caffeine, keyboards, or carefully color-coded calendars. It’s fur. Lots of it.

Our team may be made up of talented writers and editors, but our homes — and workdays — are shared with an ensemble cast of animals who believe deadlines are optional, laps are mandatory, and every moment is an oppor...

It’s not a question of whether that new substation upgrade is needed or not. It most definitely is. The question is, can you convince the right people? The last time you showed them a perfectly accurate 200-page regulatory filing, it confused the board members and made the public at the hearing jump to wild conclusions. Even the regulators were asking for clarification. You n...

In honor of Women’s History Month, one of our writers recently shared a fascinating list from BBC History Magazine’s companion site HistoryExtra that asks a deceptively simple question:

Which women have had the biggest impact on world history?...