Wednesday Writing Prompt: Grab a Book by Rochelle Melander
Several times a year, this post goes around Facebook: It’s National Book Week. The rules are: Grab the closest book to you. Go to page... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Lost and Found by Rochelle Melander
In my neighborhood, folks put their unwanted stuff out by the curb. Because this is a college neighborhood, with students moving in and out, this... Read More
#WritersRead: On What I Talk About … by Rochelle Melander
For years, I imagined that authors were blessed with a humongous dose of inspiration that drove them to work hard and achieve great things. Now... Read More
#WritersRead: On A Writer’s Notebook by Rochelle Melander
In college, I dreamed of becoming a professor. In the midst of doing an intensive semester-long independent study, one of my professors told me that... Read More
#WritersRead: On Bird by Bird by Rochelle Melander
For much of my life, I have struggled with the tyranny of perfectionism. Thankfully, when I was just starting my writing career, I happened upon... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Writing Your Dreams
Your dreams can be a rich source of stories, images, metaphors, and sensory details for your writing. Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novel The Deep End of the... Read More
#WritersRead: On Writing by Rochelle Melander
Part memoir, part writing craft, Stephen King’s book On Writing will stir every writer’s heart and erase any doubt you had about King being a... Read More
Request: What’s Your Favorite Writing Book?
In yesterday’s blog post, I wrote about one of my favorite writing books, If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. Every Tuesday, all summer long,... Read More
#WritersRead: Reading Memoir by Rochelle Melander
I started reading memoir years ago, thinking it might help me write my own. It did. As I revise my memoir, I continue to be... Read More
Are YOU a real writer?
Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. —Norman Mailer I’ve read and shared this quote from Norman... Read More