April 26, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, This past winter, I’ve taken several scary steps in my writing career. I’ve stepped outside of my comfort zone to write poetry and short stories and revise a novel. Despite years of writing practice, I still quake a bit when I see the...Read More
April 19, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, At my house, we celebrated Easter with a tissue box in one hand and a book in the other. We all have colds—but the free weekend offered an opportunity to lie on the couch and read. I read several mysteries including Crime and...Read More
April 12, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Happy National Poetry Month! Don’t miss last week’s interview with Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong about their publishing house, Pomelo Books. Today’s tip offers a few ways you can celebrate National Poetry Month! Happy writing, Rochelle, the Write Now! Coach...Read More
April 5, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Since before I founded Dream Keepers in 2005, I’ve been reading and writing poetry with young people. But the pandemic curtailed my opportunities to teach writing. Oh, how I’ve missed it. Not just reading poetry. Or writing it. But watching young people hear...Read More
March 29, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Today’s tip offers you some encouragement from writers I profiled in my book, Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries who Changed the World Through Writing. If you’ve read it, please review it at Amazon (I am six reviews away from the magic...Read More
March 22, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Happy Spring! How did you do with your New Year’s resolutions? For any of you who are saying, “WHAT New Year’s resolutions? I haven’t accomplished a thing!”—this post is for you. It provides you with a tool for creating a goal for...Read More
March 15, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Last week, I attended my first in-person book signings in 2 years. The first was for Kelly Barnhill, who read from her new book, The Ogress and the Orphans. She told us that she rewrote her Newbery Award winning novel, The Girl Who Drank...Read More
March 8, 2022 Writers@Work: An Interview with Debut Novelist Maggie Smith Can you tell our readers a bit about your book? At its heart, Truth and Other Lies, is about three women: A world-famous journalist at the end of her career, at risk of losing everything because of an online tweet that goes viral;...Read More
March 1, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I am so excited to welcome my friend and colleague, the romance author Elizabeth Cole, is here to talk about using the rapid release strategy to increase your sales. This is particularly helpful for indie authors—so check it out and pass it on to...Read More
February 22, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I received some amazing news last week! My book, Mightier Than the Sword, won the 2021 Cybils Award for Middle Grade Nonfiction. I cannot tell you what a tremendous honor this is! I was delighted to be nominated, taking my place among a...Read More
