#WritersRead: Mysteries by Rochelle Melander
For years I pooh-poohed mystery novels, considering them inferior to literary fiction. Then I met my favorite writer, Madeleine L’Engle, who admitted to not only... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Lost and Found by Rochelle Melander
In my neighborhood, folks put their unwanted stuff out by the curb. Because this is a college neighborhood, with students moving in and out, this... Read More
#WritersRead: On What I Talk About … by Rochelle Melander
For years, I imagined that authors were blessed with a humongous dose of inspiration that drove them to work hard and achieve great things. Now... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Time Travel By Rochelle Melander
Choose an old object from your home. If you don’t have any, find a picture of an antique online. Imagine that when you touch the... Read More
#WritersRead: On A Writer’s Notebook by Rochelle Melander
In college, I dreamed of becoming a professor. In the midst of doing an intensive semester-long independent study, one of my professors told me that... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Journaling by Debra Brenegan
Practice Makes Perfect: How journaling helps the writing process Guest Post by Debra Brenegan One requirement I have for students of my Introduction to Creative... Read More
#WritersRead: On Bird by Bird by Rochelle Melander
For much of my life, I have struggled with the tyranny of perfectionism. Thankfully, when I was just starting my writing career, I happened upon... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Writing Your Dreams
Your dreams can be a rich source of stories, images, metaphors, and sensory details for your writing. Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novel The Deep End of the... Read More
#WritersRead: On Writing by Rochelle Melander
Part memoir, part writing craft, Stephen King’s book On Writing will stir every writer’s heart and erase any doubt you had about King being a... Read More
Request: What’s Your Favorite Writing Book?
In yesterday’s blog post, I wrote about one of my favorite writing books, If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. Every Tuesday, all summer long,... Read More