How to Focus and Write: A Lesson from Meditation Practice by Rochelle Melander
I probably should have guessed that starting an online meditation program during spring break would be challenging. But I’d set aside Monday to finish up... Read More
Five Simple Tools for Taming Monkey Mind and Writing More by Rochelle Melander
Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don’t keep space in your head for writing, you won’t... Read More
Sick? Stop Writing and Rest by Rochelle Melander
Dear Writers, Happy Spring! After months of teaching sneezing, coughing kids at the library, I finally got sick. Last Wednesday, I came down with a... Read More
Stuck? Three Ways to Discover New Ideas By Rochelle Melander
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. —John Steinbeck Last Tuesday... Read More
When Habit Isn’t Enough: How to Boost Productivity By Rochelle Melander
As you may have read last week, I’ve signed up for the Idle Ironman at my Y. In the next month, I’ll bike 112 miles,... Read More
Beat the Writing Blues: Make a Small Change By Rochelle Melander
All great things have small beginnings. —Peter Senge In yoga, I notice that the small shifts yield big rewards. Tiny movements create aha moments. When... Read More
How to Write Through Doubt by Rochelle Melander
Remember these things. Work with all your intelligence and love. Work freely and rollickingly as though they were talking to a friend who loves you.... Read More
Stuck? Write Out of Order By Rochelle Melander
Genius is finding the invisible link between things. —Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, wrote all of his novels on 3 x 5 index... Read More
Are You Writing at the Wrong Time of Day? By Rochelle Melander
Dear Writers, Last week, Chuck Wendig wrote a great post on the quantity and quality of self-published books, Slushy Gut Slog: Why the Self-Publishing S$*t... Read More
Manuscript Makeover: A Checklist for Nonfiction Articles by Rochelle Melander
Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear. —Patricia Fuller Last week, my dogs went for... Read More