Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

We’ve had a challenging week. My son and I have had a stomach virus. The weather has reminded me more of November than May. And today, right after I wrote and published a brilliant blog post (you’ll have to trust me on this), I updated my blog system. Oops! That... Read More

29 Apr 2011

Write-a-Thon

Write-a-Thon: NaPiBoWriWee by Rochelle Melander

You’ve heard about NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month, when novelists buckle down and write like crazy to complete a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Some of you have even heard about Script Frenzy—where writers give up frolicking in April’s spring showers to write a script. But have you heard of NaPiBoWriWee? National... Read More

26 Apr 2011

Book Reviews, Memoir

How to Write a Memoir by Rochelle Melander

Tomorrow, I’ll be interviewing memoir writer Wade Rouse at my Write Now! Mastermind class. Rouse is the author of It’s All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine and three other memoirs. I spent a good part of Easter Monday reading It’s All Relative... Read More

18 Apr 2011

Writing Process

Organizing for Writers by Rochelle Melander

This is what my office looks like when I am finishing a project: messy. I spent the whole weekend moving furniture, tossing old stuff, cleaning, and organizing. I still have more to do, but I am beginning to feel like I can breathe again. I don’t know about you, but... Read More

18 Apr 2011

Journaling, Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: Collect Words by Rochelle Melander

My 9th grade English teacher loved the word garage. I didn’t get it. For me, the word garage conjured up images of oil spots and old tools. She kept saying, “Listen to the sound, to how the word rolls off your tongue: garage.” This morning as I walked the dog,... Read More

18 Apr 2011

Book Reviews, Fiction Books

Book Review: One Was a Soldier

In 2003, I devoured the debut mystery novel featuring the Rev. Clare Fergusson and Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne, In the Bleak Midwinter in just a few days. With Spencer-Fleming’s latest Fergusson/Van Alstyne mystery, One Was a Soldier, I am taking my time. Maybe it is because it’s been two... Read More

18 Apr 2011

Journaling, Productivity, Write2Transform

Write2Transform: Letting Go of Obstacles

It’s too hard. I’m not strong enough. I don’t have time. I throw these kinds of mental obstacles in my path all the time. I hear clients uttering these phrases, too. These words may not be true, but they do work to undermine us. Time to spring clean our brains.... Read More

18 Apr 2011

Revising

The Revision Question: Why? by Rochelle Melander

The most important thing is insight, that is … to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that a man does what he does. —William Faulkner In my Write Now! Mastermind interview with author Becky Levine, she suggested that writers who experience strong feelings about a manuscript they... Read More