May 7, 2024 Note From Rochelle Dear writers, I am delighted to welcome my friend and colleague Jim Higgins to the blog today! He talks about his journey of writing and publishing his new book, Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. If you’ve ever had a passion project—a topic...Read More
May 17, 2022 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, No matter what you write, learning how to revise will help you produce a successful manuscript. Read on to find tools for revision. Happy writing, Rochelle, the Write Now! Coach Cut to the Chase: Tools for Revision By Rochelle Melander ...Read More
August 27, 2019 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, After years of writing professionally, I have discovered the one thing that encourages me to write every single time: purpose. When my writing serves a purpose, I am much more likely to honor my writing time. If you are struggling to find your...Read More
December 18, 2018 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I’m wrapping up work for the year, but my coaching special is good until the end of December. I’m offering the “Can You Look at My Pages” coaching session for the price of the “I Just Need to Talk” session. Any purchase of the “I...Read More
December 4, 2018 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, Happy December! Today’s tip will help you decide if it’s time to write your book. And if now is the right time, then think about purchasing coaching sessions to help you get the accountability and information you need to more forward! For...Read More
October 16, 2018 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I need your help. I want to offer you the types of workshops that will help you move forward with your writing and other projects. But I need to know what you want to learn. Please take a moment to fill out my survey...Read More
August 21, 2018 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I’ll be announcing my fall classes later this week. Until then, if you have been blogging, speaking, or teaching for some time—you may have already written enough content for a book! Consider purchasing my class, Leverage Your Content: How to Easily Create a Book from...Read More
April 17, 2018 Note From Rochelle Dear Readers, Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with a writer’s group in Gurnee, IL, about how to start a blog. In that talk, I shared how blogs can be a helpful tool for test marketing a book idea. Today’s tip talks about why...Read More
June 27, 2017 Note From Rochelle Dear Readers, Do you wish you had a great big group of people cheering you on to finish your book, sort of like you do during National Novel Writing Month? Guess what? The same people who offer NaNoWriMo also run Camp NaNoWriMo. During the month of July,...Read More
Dump Your Excuses and Write the Book By Rochelle Melander This past weekend, I came across an interview with author Jane Yolen, who has been chosen to receive the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s [SFWA] Damon Knight Grand Master award. In the article, she said: “Don’t worry about being great or even...Read More
