At age 105, Ida Pollock of the U.K., claims to be the world’s oldest working romance novelist. Writing under the pen name of Marguerite Bell, she recently wrapped up her 124th novel. She has no plans to stop. You go, girl!

Norwegian crime writer Hans Olav Lahlum set a new record for the world’s longest interview: 30 hours straight, speaking to journalist Mads Andersen. What happened to self-editing?