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Write Now! Coach Rochelle Melander is an author, certified professional coach, and teaching artist. She is the author of many books, including the National Novel Writing Month guide—Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (and Live to Tell About It) and the book, Level Up: Quests to Master Mindset, Overcome Procrastination and Increase Productivity; A Guide for Writers, Entrepreneurs, and Creatives. Her debut book for children, Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing, won multiple awards. Through her writing and coaching, Rochelle Melander has helped thousands of people overcome writer’s block, design a writing life, turn their ideas into books, navigate the publishing world, and connect with readers through social media. She is an adjunct faculty member at Mt. Mary University and is the founder of Dream Keepers, a writing workshop for children and teens in Milwaukee. Melander leads writing workshops for both children and teachers in the Milwaukee Public Schools, at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and at the Milwaukee Public Library. She interviews authors and publishing professionals on her Write Now! Coach blog. She is the founder of the writing group, The Mightier Writer's Circle on Skool. Visit her online at writenowcoach.com and follow her on Twitter (@WriteNowCoach).

Rochelle Melander is a speaker, professional certified coach with a specialty in ADHD coaching, and the author of many books for adults, including Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (and Live to Tell About It) and Level Up: Quests to Master Mindset, Overcome Procrastination and Increase Productivity. Rochelle's debut book for children,Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, And Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing (Beaming Books, 2021), won the 2021 Cybils Award for Middle Grade Nonfiction and the Council for Wisconsin Writers Tofte/Wright Children's Literary Award. Rochelle Melander grew up in a small Midwestern town where she collected rocks, performed in college theater productions, and took fairies on elaborate adventures. She wrote her first book at seven, the same year she won the summer reading program at her library. She's the founder of Dream Keepers, a writing workshop that encourages young people to write about their lives and dreams for their future. She's taught writing to children and adults at schools, universities, libraries, art museums, botanical gardens, churches, synagogues, corporate events, and art studios. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, children, and canine companions. Rochelle blogs at writenowcoach.com.