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As freedom-minded as most of us are in Princeton, unlike certain other parts of New Jersey filled with yellow-bellied crown sympathizers, we

As expected, the rest of the night is miserable. I manage to pull myself together enough to help Elizabeth with the dishes, but I’m still a

That’s when the kitchen door slams open with a force that has me screaming and dropping the dish in my hands. Steaming liquid splashes all o

I’m reading a book titled Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhD. It has nothing to do with creative

For Monday’s Genuine Writer Podcast episode, I invited Lia Mack back on, author of Waiting for Paint to Dry and my co-organizer of the annua

Thanks to varying reading preferences, getting reader feedback can be such an absolutely entertaining experience. At its best, it’s a...

Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of this romantic holiday, we’re going to cover the subject of love. But not just any old average sort. It w

The past two Wednesdays, I discussed gender-based reading preferences as it relates to writing. It started out by observing my 2-year-old n

This is horribly complicated subject matter. Really, it should be someone’s doctoral thesis. And I’m insane for trying to make it a mere bl

Last week, I stumbled upon Rob Roy, a 1995 movie starring Liam Neeson. Set in 1731, it has a Braveheart-ish feel to it since it’s set in Sco

Part of being a genuine writer is acknowledging your bias or biases. That’s why today’s writing-related Challenge (as posted on Innovative E

For today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, let’s just get down to it. Here’s how it

When you’re writing a story, there’s a pretty decent chance you’ll be dealing with issues and peoples… two categories that – let’s face it –

Editor’s Note: The blog below was first published on August 15, 2016 , while the Rio de Janeiro Olympics were going on. That was quite the i

I saw Hidden Figures on Friday, the based-on-true-events story about three NASA employees who faced incredible odds yet still came out ahead

This year, we’re making some really exciting switches here at Innovative Editing. For instance, I’ll be sending out an Innovative Editing’s

There’s this set of books by Lauren Willig called the Pink Carnation series, and I absolutely love them. They're a ridiculously fun mix...