Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

You Can Fix Writer’s Block

by Rochelle Melander There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.” -Terry Pratchett I don’t have...

For St. Patrick, Writing Wasn’t About Luck

by Rochelle Melander It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and many of us are celebrating by wearing green. (Although St. Patrick’s color was actually blue. The feast...

Breaking Free from the Action Fallacy

by Rochelle Melander On our return trip from New Orleans, we spent five hours in Chicago. Not in the city. Not in the airport. On...

Know When to Hire an Editor

by Rochelle Melander Though we’d love to think we can take a book from conception to publication all on our own, it actually takes a...

How to Become a Reading Writer

by Rochelle Melander ”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.” —Stephen King Writers read. Here’s...

How to Spark Creative Play

The 100-Day Project by Rochelle Melander With everything going on in the world, I’m struggling to focus and stay productive. For the last two years,...

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