by Rochelle Melander “If you get tired, learn to rest — not to quit.” —Banksy In the past few weeks, I’ve spoken to quite a few writers who are overwhelmed. They’re struggling to stay hopeful with the constant barrage of bad news, worried about how AI will impact publishing, and finding it difficult to focus....Read More
Sustaining a Freelance Writing Career An Interview with Sherry Beck Paprocki Welcome to the blog, Sherry! Tell us about your book, Freelance Fancy: Your Guide to Capturing Spiritual Health, Wealth and Happiness from Gig Work. Freelance Fancy is what I call a career memoir, which is not an official term used by publishers but perfectly describes this...Read More
by Rochelle Melander Last week I wrote about how much we need your voice: When you use AI to generate ideas or to write your article or book, you are robbing the world of something valuable: YOU. Your experience, your education, your unique take, and your words. When you brainstorm ideas on paper or work...Read More
by Rochelle Melander This week the news broke that a freelance writer working for King Features used AI to write a list of top reads for the summer. Chicago Sun Times published it without checking. And guess what: AI hallucinated multiple books. Yup. Only five of the fifteen are real titles. The fakes include Boiling...Read More
Ask this question to support your storytelling by Rochelle Melander NPR talks about “driveway moments”—when you sit in your driveway to finish listening to a story. I had one last week in my garage. On NPR’s Go Fact Yourself (episode 136), the hosts interviewed director John Badham. He said this about directing, “You have to...Read More
by Rochelle Melander When I created my tagline almost twenty years ago, “Where maybe someday becomes write now,” I was thinking about people who put off writing until: I get more education. I have more time. I feel confident In my teaching and coaching, I support people in finding ways to write right now, even...Read More
by Elizabeth Cole As an author, I think about marketing way more than I want to. But it’s an essential part of my work, so I’ve made my peace with the need to occasionally PROMOTE! MY! BOOKS! even though it’s not fun in the way that the actual writing is. Marketing has many elements, but...Read More
by Rochelle Melander Poetry turns the noise of the world into music. —Ian Williams I’ve been participating in the 100-day project. Since February 23, I’ve started the day writing a poem. Mostly I am writing haiku, which asks the writer to reflect on the natural world. On some days, I use the poetry practice to...Read More
by Rochelle Melander If you’ve been opening my emails, you know I’ve been promoting QuickWrite, an AI program I’ve found helpful. I’ve struggled about promoting an AI program when I feel very mixed about using AI. In March, I learned that Meta had used three of my books to train its AI. The work was...Read More
An Interview with Lenore Kantor Welcome to the blog, Lenore! And congrats on your new book and workbook. Can you tell us about them? Thanks Rochelle! It’s great to be here and connect with you. I wrote an unconventional guidebook and User Manual to help conscious leaders create more alignment and fulfillment in their life and work....Read More
