Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

by Rochelle Melander In the past ten years, I have consulted with many authors on their book proposals and book ideas. I have also written and successfully sold several book proposals of my own. In every single case—mine included—the writers needed to improve their marketing section—the one about their audience—before... Read More

26 May 2026

Productivity

The Top Game Changers for Writers

by Rochelle Melander I’ve been thinking about game changers: ideas, practices, or products that literally change the game. Consider the printing press. Before Johanes Gutenberg invented the press in the 1440s, all manuscripts were copied by hand. Imagine the waitlist at the monastery for the Bible. The monks must have... Read More

19 May 2026

Productivity

Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

Rochelle Melander As a coach, I work with people who want to overcome obstacles to write. Usually we work together to find a way around or through the obstacle. Makes sense, right? We can’t achieve our goal with that huge obstacle in the way. But I had a new view... Read More

12 May 2026

Writing Process

What If Your Quirks Reveal Your Superpowers?

by Rochelle Melander Clarissa Pinkola Estes has something important to say. Did you know … that eccentricity is the first sign of giftedness? What if the thing that people criticize you for, the thing people find irritating about you, is also your biggest gift, your superpower? Author and Jungian psychoanalyst... Read More

05 May 2026

Author Interviews

Writers@Work: How use the 100-Day Project to Write a Book

An Interview with Kimberly Knowle-Zeller by Rochelle Melander Welcome, Kimberly. Tell Us About Your New Book. Small Steps: Blessings to Lift Your Soul on the Pilgrimage of Life is a collection of blessings, poetry, and essays that meet the reader in their everyday life: the nitty gritty, down-in-the-dirt, dishes-piled-in-the-sink, carpool-waiting,... Read More

28 Apr 2026

poetry

Writers@Work: Writing Poetry

An Interview with Renée M. LaTulippe by Rochelle Melander Congratulations on your new book, LIMELIGHT. Can you tell us about it? Thanks so much for having me, Rochelle! Limelight: Curtain Up on Poetry Comics! is a genre-blending collection of mask poems about theater, presented in a graphic novel format. Most... Read More

21 Apr 2026

Productivity

You Don’t Need More Discipline.

You Need to Slow Down by Rochelle Melander Last Monday, I took a walk during my lunch hour. Between Show Up and Write and several meetings, I had a busy day. I was walking fast, thinking about where I was going, when CrAsH! I faceplanted on the sidewalk, blood spurting... Read More

19 Apr 2026

Productivity

Are You Getting It Done? Five Accountability Strategies That Work

by Rochelle Melander Writing can be like folding a banquet-sized tablecloth; you can do it yourself, but it’s a lot easier when you can find somebody to help. —Ted Kooser and Steve Cox What stands between you and a finished product—a book, article, blog post or podcast? When I speak to... Read More