Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

Remember what it was like to be in love? I’m talking about those first few weeks or months, when you can barely last a day without each other. You’ll sacrifice work, food, friends, and even sleep to spend a few moments with your beloved. That’s what you need to feel... Read More

25 Sep 2012

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip: The List Book

Hello writers! Before I get to the tip, I have a few announcements for you. Write Now! Mastermind class. Our brand new series of Fall Write Now! Mastermind classes begins tomorrow, September 26, 2012 at 12:00 PM CDT! This month’s guest is C. Hope Clark, author and founder of Funds... Read More

21 Sep 2012

Writers@Work

Writers@Work: Contests are one of a Writers Best Tools by C. Hope Clark

Today, I have a real treat for you. Our Write Now! Mastermind guest author, C. Hope Clark, blogs about contests! If you read this and want more information on making money from multiple funding streams, don’t forget to attend the Write Now! Mastermind class next Wednesday, September 26 at 12:00... Read More

19 Sep 2012

Dream Keepers, Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: Dream Keepers and the Six-Word Memoir

In 2006, I started Dream Keepers, a writing group for at-risk tweens and teens in the city of Milwaukee. Here’s what my website says about the group: The Dream Keepers Creative Writing Workshop unites parents, teachers, and professional writers-in-residence to teach youth how they can transform their lives and their... Read More

18 Sep 2012

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

What Would You Give Up to Write? by Rochelle Melander

When I travel, I love reading USA Today. I always discover some little tidbit that gets me thinking. Last August, on the way home from our trip south, it was this question posed by USA Today Snapshots®: What would you give up for a year to fulfill the No. 1... Read More

17 Sep 2012

National Novel Writing Month

Announcement: National Novel Writing Contest in Milwaukee

Hey Milwaukee Writers, I hope you’ll consider entering this fabulous contest at Boswell Book Company and then come to the event. There will be prizes for everyone who comes, chocolate, AND lots of tips for succeeding at NaNoWriMo this year. Should be a fun evening.

14 Sep 2012

Writers Read

Writers Read: Books So Good They’ll Make You Cry by Sarah C. Lange

When I read this post last Friday, I went right out to the library and got one of the books. Now don’t be thinking I was hoping for a good cry. I was just hoping for a great book. (Though, I ended up with both.) Sarah Lange has a way... Read More

12 Sep 2012

Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Pray Rain Journal by Rochelle Melander

Early in August, Martha Beck wrote a column about getting rid of stuff. Since I’d been madly tearing through my house, dumping books and old clothes into bags, and tossing them in the car for delivery to Goodwill, I paid attention. In her article, she raved about how helpful her... Read More