What Will You Always Say Yes To?
by Rochelle Melander Most of us know what we’re never up for. Here’s part of my list: roller coasters, cruises, and cats (I’m sadly allergic).... Read More
How to Say No
(and Preserve Your Writing Time) by Rochelle Melander “If something is not a “hell, YEAH!,” then it’s a “no!” – James Altucher At the beginning... Read More
How Books Transform Lives
by Rochelle Melander When I was a kid, my reading habit got me into trouble—a lot. My teachers yelled at me for reading under the... Read More
Write, Fail, Repeat: The Writer’s Guide to Failing Better
by Rochelle Melander “Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.” —Corita Kent My clients have talked a lot about... Read More
Writing a Devotional after Trauma
An Interview with Jane Rubietta Welcome to the blog, Jane! Tell us about your new book, Merge: The Road After Trauma Meets Faith. Rochelle, thank... Read More
Hook Your Brain: How to Focus and Write Now
By Rochelle Melander May Sarton published Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, anovel about a poet and writer in the early 60s, long before cell phones and... Read More
The Writer’s Secret Weapon: Envisioning Your Future Self
By Rochelle Melander Imagine that you have someone who’s eagerly awaiting your next writing project. She will rejoice when you finish it. He can’t wait... Read More
Stop Staring at the Blank Page: Why Prewriting Is a Game Changer
by Rochelle Melander There’s more than one way to look at a blank page. Gaston Bachelard wrote: A word is a bud attempting to become... Read More
The Courage to Ask: How Getting Help Transformed Helen Keller’s Life
by Rochelle Melander We imagine that writing and making art is easy. Sometimes it is. An idea hits us and we execute it with ease.... Read More
The Game Changer: Gather Ideas Like A Pro
The Writer’s Guide to Collecting, Generating, Recording, and Developing New Ideas by Rochelle Melander Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good... Read More