Imagine Your Best Life by Rochelle Melander What might it be like to live your best life? What would it be like to be your best possible self? What would you be doing with your days? Where would you be living? Who would you connect with? For the past fifteen years, I’ve asked my clients...Read More
Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box. —Deepak Chopra In a study published in Psychological Science, Angela Leung of Singapore Management University and her coauthors enacted the popular metaphor thinking “outside the box”. They created two comfortable work environments, one literally inside a box and one on the outside. Then they...Read More
Join the summer Write Now! Coach Write-A-Thon and get that project started or finished or anything in between. How does it work? Set your goal, follow the Write Now! Coach Facebook page for daily encouragement, and write! What kind of a goal? Do I have to write 50,000 words? Nope. This isn’t NaNoWriMo. You can choose...Read More
13 May 2014 Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, This past weekend, I ran my first 5K, Run Like a Mother. I didn’t burn up the route but I finished, beating my best training time. The cool part: I had fun. Really. I enjoyed running and cheering on so many amazing athletes! And in honor of...Read More
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up. –Jane Yolen Since January, I’ve been exploring art journaling—thanks to an Oprah’s Lifeclass given by Brené Brown. It’s been...Read More
We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome. —Unknown I once heard a doctor from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin say that they cannot guarantee outcomes, but they can guarantee that the medical staff will give 100 percent effort. When writing is not going well, rejection letters are flowing in or, worse yet, you hear...Read More
Hello writers! I’m delighted to welcome K.M. Weiland to the blog today to teach us how to structure a scene quickly. On September 25, Weiland will be talking to our Write Now! Mastermind class about Scene Sequences: Building Your Book from the Ground Up. If you’re not yet a member of the group, sign up for...Read More
I’m delighted to welcome fellow blogger Nina Badzin to the blog. I met her through the blogging community and was immediately captivated by her enthusiasm and social media savvy. When we spoke (virtually, of course!), I learned that we share a passion for improving our habits. Nina Badzin joins us today to talk about how...Read More
I’m delighted to welcome Sylvie Kurtz to the blog today. We met on Twitter (of course!), where she tweets great writing tips and tools. I recently learned that we share a passion for positive psychology. In today’s Writers Read post, Kurtz shares her favorite positive psychology reads for writers. At the end of the post,...Read More
I met Bob many years ago, when I was a graduate student. Over the years he has served as my mentor, friend, project manager, fellow author, and book recommender. Then as now, he never fails to surprise me with his unending curiosity about ideas. Bob’s here today to talk about the nonfiction books that will...Read More
