writing 10/25

Oct 5, 20183 min read

My Problems So Far With “Astrophysics for People In a Hurry”

Right now, I’m reading Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. And since it could just as easily be titled “How to Underst

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Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 4, 20183 min read

How to Make a How-To Book Worth Reading

When writing a how-to book, you don’t have to make it engaging. There’s no writing rule that says you can’t publish it if it isn’t catchy.

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How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 5

Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 1, 20182 min read

How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 5

When it comes to how to make your creative writing more realistic, there’s a whole ton to be said on the subject. That's why we've h

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So You Want to Make Some Money Off of Your Craft or Hobby Book Writing?

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 28, 20183 min read

So You Want to Make Some Money Off of Your Craft or Hobby Book Writing?

When you look up “Craft books” on Amazon, it instantly comes up with “over 200,000 results.” When you look up “Hobby books” on Amazon, it i

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Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 26, 20183 min read

Your Genuine Writer Review – Part 1

What exactly is a genuine writer? Considering how that’s the name of Innovative Editing’s free writing e-letter, it seems like an important

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What Ever Happened to Crafts and Hobbies Outside of Kindergarten?

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 25, 20182 min read

What Ever Happened to Crafts and Hobbies Outside of Kindergarten?

Doing crafts and hobbies used to be exceptionally popular, which made writing crafts and hobbies books a solid publishing idea. Oh, how tim

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How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 4

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 24, 20183 min read

How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 4

For this lovely last week of September, we’re still working within our realistic creative writing series. If you’re just jumping in now, you

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When It Comes to Sales, Cookbooks Are Just Pretty Picture Books With Recipes

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 21, 20183 min read

When It Comes to Sales, Cookbooks Are Just Pretty Picture Books With Recipes

Pretty pictures. In the initial engagement department, it doesn’t matter how logical we are. How rational we are. How educated we are or an

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Cookbook Writers, Turn up the Heat and Get Real With Your Readers

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 20, 20183 min read

Cookbook Writers, Turn up the Heat and Get Real With Your Readers

When I was a little girl, my mom owned a copy of The Joy of Cooking. This cookbook, written by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker,

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Is Social Media Keeping You From Writing Your Book?

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 19, 20183 min read

Is Social Media Keeping You From Writing Your Book?

Is social media keeping you from writing your book? That’s a question you need to consider if you’re even halfway serious about becoming an

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3 Really Obvious but Really Important Aspects of Writing a Cookbook

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 18, 20183 min read

3 Really Obvious but Really Important Aspects of Writing a Cookbook

As of this posting, fall is five days away. That means the scent of pumpkin spice is in the air, which makes it the perfect time to publish

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How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 3

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 17, 20183 min read

How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 3

If you really want to make your creative writing more realistic, ask lots of questions. Lots and lots and lots of them. Ask for input befo

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The Biggest Challenge You Face in Writing a Health, Nutrition, Fitness or Dieting Book

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 13, 20183 min read

The Biggest Challenge You Face in Writing a Health, Nutrition, Fitness or Dieting Book

Writing a book – any book, but particularly a nonfiction book – can be hard work at any stage of the process. But when writing a health, nut

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Don’t Try to Cookie-Cutter Readers Into Your Diet or Nutrition Book

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 13, 20183 min read

Don’t Try to Cookie-Cutter Readers Into Your Diet or Nutrition Book

These days, we’re all encouraged to be ourselves. To be individuals. To tell the conformity man to take his opinion elsewhere, ‘cause we don

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5 Myths Female Writers Need to Undo When Creating Male Characters

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 12, 20183 min read

5 Myths Female Writers Need to Undo When Creating Male Characters

Editor’s Note: Once upon a time, there was a female writer who wrote about both male characters and female characters. But she didn’t just w

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Good Eats, Bad Eats and How to Handle Both – Author Style

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 11, 20182 min read

Good Eats, Bad Eats and How to Handle Both – Author Style

Eating chocolate is in Innovative Editing’s official list of ways to get past writer’s block. That’s partially because, sometimes, a little

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How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 2

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 10, 20183 min read

How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 2

Last Monday, we started talking about ways to make your creative writing more realistic. And this Monday, we’re going to delve further into

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Facts Are Facts, and Theories Are Theories

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 7, 20183 min read

Facts Are Facts, and Theories Are Theories

On Tuesday, when beginning its discussion about science nonfiction manuscript writing, Innovative Editing wrote: If you’re writing science

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Is “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” Too Dense?

Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 6, 20183 min read

Is “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” Too Dense?

If you’re writing science nonfiction, Neil de Grasse Tyson should be your automatic hero. His latest work, Astrophysics for People in a Hurr

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Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 4, 20183 min read

To Infinity and Beyond!

Out of the many nonfiction genres, writing science nonfiction is far from the least problematic. At least that’s true when it comes to makin

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