WRITING

So, you’d like to write for Mental Floss? We've assembled a handful of helpful tips to help you craft the best pitch possible.

Find out more about Leo Tolstoy, the author behind classics like 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina.'

Hadley Hemingway thought it would be a “swell joke” if the three of them were cooped up together. A few months later, she was divorced.

The Library of Congress is home to the largest collection of Walt Whitman manuscripts on Earth, and it needs your help transcribing and reviewing them.

The book—unlike the 1999 film adaptation—never really makes it clear if Stuart Little is a literal mouse.

From "Turdsworth" to "Beaver" to "Dodo," here's a list of literary nicknames and how they came to be.

Your social media addiction could actually be the key to making a serious dent in your 2020 reading list.

Find out more about Virginia Woolf’s best books, quotes, and the fascinating life she led.

Evelyn Waugh was one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, and his works are beloved by both literary critics and readers. But most people don’t know much Evelyn Waugh, the man. Here's what you need to know.

Read about Emily Dickinson, from her famous poems about love, hope, and death, to her legacy at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.

“We heard each of the two sharp hasty screams,” the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author wrote of her niece’s turn in the dentist’s chair.

The best-selling author has won approval to rezone his home in Bangor, Maine, into a museum of his work as well as a writer's retreat.