Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

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

07 Apr 2026

Publishing

Avoid Publishing Scams

They Want Your Money, Not Your Work by Rochelle Melander The scams hit my inbox at a rapid rate. Publishers wanting to put my ideas into print. Book groups and libraries asking to host me. Promoters promising they can get my book in top spots on Amazon. Promotional Scams When... Read More

31 Mar 2026

Creativity

Fifteen Ways to Find Novelty in Your Daily Life

by Rochelle Melander You need novelty. Novelty activates the brain’s reward system, releasing dopamine and boosting learning, memory and motivation. Most of us turn to social media to get our dopamine fix. But that’s not the best thing—as we now know, social media’s addictive. But new stuff—that’s gold for your... Read More