Finding Inspiration
Finding Inspiration by Rochelle Melander You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. —Jack London It had been a... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Found Phrases Poem
I’ve always been jealous of my friends who are visual artists. How I wish I could sketch and paint and collage my way through the... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Wait Write Here
Yesterday I took a writer’s mini-retreat. Unfortunately, it was a 5-hour visit to the ER with my daughter. She’s fine. I’m tired. But I did... Read More
Question Everything
I’m delighted to welcome to the blog my editor and the March Write Now! Mastermind guest, Melissa Anne Wuske. I met Melissa just about a... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Fruit Bowl Project
A few years ago, a bookseller at Boswell Book Company told me about The Fruit Bowl Project: 50 ways to tell a story by Sarah... Read More
Dealing with Rejection
Dealing with Rejection By Rochelle Melander This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don’t consider... Read More
Does Your Idea Work?
Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action. –Peter F. Drucker... Read More
The Project Book
In 2002, when Julie Powell began her Julie and Julia blog project, cooking 524 of Julia Child’s recipes in a single year, the project book... Read More
Writers Read
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. —Stephen King On Saturday,... Read More
The Well-Shod Writer
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. —Iris Murdoch I’d planned to begin a new series on nonfiction book formats... Read More