What Noah Webster Taught Me About Writing
July 26, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Happy Birthday to Mightier than The Sword! Tomorrow the book turns one—and what a... Read More
What James Baldwin Taught Me About Writing
July 12, 2022 What My Heroes Taught Me About Writing: James Baldwin By Rochelle Melander During the pandemic, my quiet home office became... Read More
What I Learned from Octavia Butler
June 21, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Today’s tip is the second post in the series: What My Literary Heroes... Read More
What I Learned from Ida Wells
June 7, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, This summer’s tips will be filled with series—book recommendations from some of the... Read More
Play with Poetry
April 12, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Happy National Poetry Month! Don’t miss last week’s interview with Sylvia Vardell... Read More
Quotes to Inspire
March 29, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Today’s tip offers you some encouragement from writers I profiled in my book, Mightier... Read More
How Passion Fuels Productivity
February 15, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I’m so excited for today’s tip. I interviewed scholars Joy A. Schroeder and... Read More
The Curiosity List
By Rochelle Melander Be curious, not judgmental. —Walt Whitman How do you get your best ideas? Rebecca Skloot became curious about the... Read More
Five Questions to Help You Achieve Your Goals
by Rochelle Melander For the past month, I’ve been writing about how to set New Year’s goals. Today’s tip shares five practices that help... Read More
Bibliotherapy: Quotes to Heal and Give Hope
Throughout the year, I take notes on my favorite books—copying down quotes that matter to me. Here are some of my favorites for you.... Read More