Melander - Write-A-Thon

PRAISE FOR WRITE-A-THON

Like the best coaches, Rochelle Y. Melander will strengthen your creative muscles, get your writerly heart pounding, and show you youre capable of way more than youve ever imagined. Write-A-Thon will help you go the distance with your book.

Gayle Brandeis, teacher, activist, and author of My Life with the Lincolns and Delta Girls

Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (and Live to Tell About It) gives you the information, inspiration and tools you need to write a good book in less than a month. Want to know the secret to writing successfully? Youre holding it.

Donna Gephart, award-winning childrens book author, wrote Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen in twenty-nine days

Melander is a friendly, entertaining, fully engaged, and smart guide to hold your hand and lead you through twenty-six days toward completion of the first draft of your masterpiece.

Sue William Silverman, author of Fearless Confessions: A Writers Guide to Memoir

Write-A-Thon is your no-excuses guide to getting that dream book finished. Each lesson builds upon the last, helping you to grow as a writer. Write-A-Thon is like having your own personal coach sitting on your shoulder, guiding you through the process of writing a book. I wish I had a book like this when I first embarked on my writing journey.

Kimberly Llewellyn, author of The Quest for the Holy Veil

Loaded with exercises, motivational quotes, and real-life examples, her book doesnt just explain how she is so productiveshe shows you how to do it, too. As a runner, I especially enjoyed the marathon analogy she employs throughout the book. Sure, a marathon sounds insurmountable at first, even for seasoned runnersbut with preparation, training, and practice, most runners can complete one. The same is true of would-be authorswhether youve been writing for years or are just getting started, you can write a book in a month with Melanders Write-A-Thon as your guide. Motivating, insightful, and fun to read, this book is one youll keep handy for years.

Kelly James-Enger, author Goodbye Byline, Hello Big Bucks: The Writers Guide to Making Money Ghostwriting and Coauthoring Books

Write-A-Thon is wise, user-friendly, witty, breathtakingly thorough, and fun.

Robert McDowell, author of the bestselling Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing, and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions

A life coach as well as writing teacher, Melander infuses the text with so many ideas, and exercises, as well as energy that youll never again look at writing the same way. I know I wont. If youre serious about the craft, you need this book.

Libby Fischer Hellmann, author of Set the Night on Fire

Write-A-Thon is the tool every writer has been waiting for. Whether a professional or a wanna-be writer, you will find the practical help, the inspiration, and the kick in the pants to get writing. This book is more than a bookits a whole a new life built out of words.

Jane Rubietta, international speaker and award-winning author of Come Along: Journey to a More Intimate Faith

In Write-A-Thon, Rochelle Melander knocks down excuses for not writing and sets out a detailed plan for turning your idea into a book. The key is that she shows how to do it in less than a monthnot the years that so many writers seem to think it will take. You can bet that Write-A-Thon is going to be on my required reading list for new writers!

Jennifer Lawler, author of Dojo Wisdom for Writers

This book is filled with the energy, knowledge, and tips from an established author who has not only written a book in a month, she held me accountable to write a book in a month, too! I couldnt have written or published Creating Your Best Life in record time without her prodding, accountability, and good humor in a difficult situation. This book will help everyone to finally write that book that is lurking in their brain and trying to get out!

Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, author of Creating Your Best Life

If you have been waiting for the perfect moment to begin your writing project, this book will help you stop chasing excuses and start putting words on the page.

Jennifer Manske Fenske, author of The Wide Smiles of Girls

[Not sure] where to start? No worries. She offers easy-to-understand tips and tools to get you rolling. If youve ever dreamed of starting (and completing) a writing project, this is the time to do it. Buy this book and get going!

Kathy Cano-Murillo, founder of CraftyChica.com and author of Waking Up in the Land of Glitter and Miss Scarlets School of Patternless Sewing

WRITEATHON

Write your book in 26 days
(and live to tell about it)

ROCHELLE MELANDER

WRITE-A-THON. Copyright 2011 by Rochelle Melander. Manufactured in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No other part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by Writers Digest Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. (800) 289-0963. First edition.

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