How to Write when the World is on Fire
By Rochelle Melander I’ve spent the last week under the weather, first with the Norovirus, then with a cold. The only benefit to being sick... Read More
Writers@Work: Writing a Memoir about Illness
An Interview with Liv Rosin by Rochelle Melander Congratulations on your new book, My Stroke of Blessings: A Message of Hope. Can you tell us... Read More
Use the Difficulty
By Rochelle Melander ˆ The Exceptional is always usual And the Usual exceptional. To choose what is difficult all one’s days As if it were... Read More
Writers@Work: Use Prompts to Shape Your Writing
An Interview with Marjorie Pagel by Rochelle Melander Tell us about your new book, Pastiche. Pastiche came together in bits and pieces – poems and... Read More
Writers@Work: Writing Lessons from a President
By Rochelle Melander “Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.”― Jimmy Carter Watching President Jimmy Carter’s funeral last week got me interested in... Read More
Identify Your Allies
By Rochelle Melander This is what we can all do to nourish and strengthen one another: listen to one another very hard, ask hard questions,... Read More
Letting Go
By Rochelle Melander When we want to change our lives, when we seek to create a new vision for our life’s journey—we need to open... Read More
Structuring Unstructured Time
Or How to Write When You have Too Much Time on Your Hands by Rochelle Melander It’s not that we have little time, but more... Read More
The Write Now! Coach Holiday Book List
by Rochelle Melander It’s getting to be the time of year when I want to sit on the sofa, sip tea, and read books. Who... Read More
Running Your Race
by Rochelle Melander “If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no.” –Saeed Jones Last weekend, I attended the funeral of my daughter’s dear... Read More