Review Your (Writing) Life by Rochelle Melander
If you change nothing, nothing will change. It still feels like summer, the hot and humid air leaves me breathless, desiring only to sit on... Read More
Three Tools to Boost Your Creativity by Rochelle Melander
Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere. —Albert Einstein In 2006, I launched Dream Keepers, a writing program for... Read More
Make Interruptions Work for You by Rochelle Melander
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. —George Bernard Shaw I don’t know about you, but I’m... Read More
Why You Need Interruption-Free Writing Time by Rochelle Melander
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. —Albert Camus New research by Cyrus Foroughi, a PhD candidate... Read More
Stuck? Ask this Question by Rochelle Melander
To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. —Aristotle No one loves criticism, rejection, or failure. But if you’re going to be a writer,... Read More
Protect Your Creative Energy: Three Tools by Rochelle Melander
Every single day she fought a war to get to her desk before her little bundle of energy had been dissipated, to push aside or... Read More
Writers@Work Interview with June Melby by Rochelle Melander
Around my birthday, I wandered into my favorite Indie bookstore, Boswell Book Company (just blocks from my house!) and looked for a signed copy of The... Read More
Writing Through Chaos: Three Tools by Rochelle Melander
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way... Read More
Overcome Unrealistic Expectations and Write by Rochelle Melander
Dear Writers, Today at 7:00 PM CDT, I’ll be speaking at Nonfiction Writers’ University. I’ll be talking about Three Shifts You Must Make To Succeed... Read More
Why You Need to Write-A-Thon! By Rochelle Melander
Dear Writers, Today, we’re starting the July Write-A-Thon (and the second half of 2014!), and today’s tip talks about why you need to write-a-thon. If... Read More