Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

Greetings! And welcome to the big book review issue. I hope you find something in here suitable for your last-minute holiday gifts. If not, certainly you can find something you might like to read! And scroll on down to the bottom to find out how you can win a book.... Read More

16 Dec 2014

Marketing, Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

A 30-Day Promotional Plan for your Book Release by Valerie Biel

Dear Writers, I have a giant treat for you. As a grand finale to the indie publishing series, Valerie Biel, my SCBWI colleague and the author of Circle of Nine: Beltany, has written an amazing article on promoting your book. Looking ahead—this Friday, just in time for the holidays, I’ll be... Read More

09 Dec 2014

E-Publishing

How to Get Your First Kindle Book Published on Amazon by Hazel Lau

Dear Writers, I’m hard at work on the annual Write Now! Coach book review issue—which comes out next Tuesday! It’s packed full of great reads to inform and inspire you. And today’s tip from Hazel Lau, Kindle publishing specialist, will help you place your book on Kindle with ease! And... Read More

03 Dec 2014

Author Event

Reading and Writing The Stories of Our Lives by Scott Stoner

Dear Writers, I’m delighted to welcome my colleague and friend Scott Stoner to the blog. He’s here to talk about the value of reading and writing stories. Scott’s new book, Your Living Compass: Living Well in Thought, Word, and Deed was just released this fall. Scott will be speaking and... Read More

02 Dec 2014

E-Publishing

Factors to Consider When Designing Your Book Cover By Simone Collins

Dear Writers, Welcome to December. I hope that in between the turkey, pie, and shopping sprees, you’ve been taking time to write. If not, there’s no better time to start than right now! Today we continue our Indie publishing series with a tip by the wonderful Simone Collins on what... Read More

25 Nov 2014

Productivity

#NaNoWriMo: How to Write More by Rochelle Melander

When we commit ourselves to writing for some part of each day we are happier, more enlightened, alive, lighthearted and generous to everyone else. Even our health improves. –Brenda Ueland I headed into National Novel Writing Month knowing that I probably wouldn’t finish. But I wanted to tap into the... Read More

18 Nov 2014

Editing

A Superhero Team: Working with an Editor by Elizabeth Cole

Dear Writers, Last Tuesday at the library, I had 16 young novelists (ages 6-13) working hard on their novels. Most of the students were just beginning to tell their stories. But a few of the students had finished a first draft—remember young NaNoWriMo participants don’t have to write 50,000 words—and... Read More

11 Nov 2014

E-Publishing

Self-Publishing: Getting Your Book Into Readers’ Hands by Nikki Broadwell

Dear Writers, Last weekend, as I attended a short retreat, I meant to focus on the speaker and the topic. Instead, I found myself planning the murder in my National Novel Writing Month mystery. I took this as a sign I was on the right track with my life—writing a... Read More