Publishing Success Stories and the Power of Positive Attitudes
We touched on this topic with yesterday’s positive attitude-focused Writing Challenge, I know. But your publishing success is more than wort
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 30, 20173 min read
Attitude: The Writer’s Final Frontier
I’m honestly not sure if “Attitude: The Writer’s Final Frontier” makes sense or not. Nor am I going to speculate too much about it.
I’ve be
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 29, 20172 min read
Your Words. Your Worlds. Your Responsibility.
Regardless of the subject matter, the title of author should sound noteworthy – even imposing – when it carries as much responsibility as it
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 28, 20173 min read
What Does Your Writing Attitude Say About You?
If this week’s focus on attitude sounds a lot like last week’s topic – writitude – you’re both right and wrong.
Writitude, which is being gr
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 27, 20172 min read
This Quote on Pinterest Is Such a Snobbish Piece of Nonsense
For years, I swore I would never get on Pinterest: that it was a ginormous waste of any sane intellectual’s time.
Then I got on it to promo
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 24, 20173 min read
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Blog Is About You
Do you know that writers have superpowers?
Well, we do. We have the ability to create whole entire worlds and put bad guys away. We can mak
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 23, 20173 min read
Are You Using Your Writitude for Good… or Not at All?
Happy Thanksgiving, my fellow writers! I hope you find joy in your turkey and stuffing, your days off and your family members.
And if the t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 21, 20172 min read
An Extra-Cheesy Thanksgiving Dish to Go With Your Turkey and Writing
Some of you are going to find my writing horribly cheesy this holiday week. Consider yourself forewarned.
Normally, I hate cheesy holiday g
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 17, 20172 min read
What to Expect in an Awesome and Worthwhile Writing Retreat!
So you’ve determined that a writing retreat is right for you. You even already signed up for updates about Lia Mack and Jeannette DiLouie’s
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 16, 20173 min read
What Is a Writing Retreat Going to Cost Me?
For Tuesday’s Definition of “writing retreat,” I spent plenty of paragraphs describing how amazing these getaways can be. Oh, they’re so lov
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 15, 20173 min read
Complicated Information? Awesomely Understandable Presentation!
Today, I’ve asked Tony Ceraso to fill in for me. Founder of Home School Astronomy (www.HomeSchoolAstronomy.com) and author of its array of a
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 14, 20173 min read
The Wonderful World of Writing Retreats
What do you think of when you hear the term “writing retreat?” Let’s analyze it a bit.
From a purely analytical, grammatically minded persp
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 13, 20174 min read
Warning: This One's Old-Fashioned. And Christian.
Nobody journals anymore, right?
That’s something our old-fashioned ancestors did because they didn’t have anything better to do with their
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 10, 20173 min read
What Happens If You Don’t Win?
So you entered your manuscript into a writing competition. A certain pushy editor told you to in a certain pushy “quick questionnaire” – whi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Test Your “Writing Competition Eligibility” With This Quick Questionnaire!
Ready to showcase your skills, creative writer? Or non-fiction writer?
Hey, the writing competition spectrum is wide open! Which is why the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 8, 20173 min read
Humility Does a Body Good
Writers (and editors) can do well with a few doses of humility thrown into their lives here and there. It’s a great quality to put on in the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 7, 20173 min read
What You Need to Know About Writing Competitions (Other Than How They’re Annoying to Search For)
The beauty of writing competitions is that they’re really quite simply explained. Which is exactly what this week’s Definition shows.
Writi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 6, 20173 min read
Liam Neeson Had a Very Particular Set of Skills in 1995 Too
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 3, 20173 min read
So You’re Going to Attend a Writers’ Conference, Huh?
Yesterday, I wrote that it’s so important to have confidence if you’re going to attend a writers’ conference. This is particularly true “if
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 2, 20173 min read
Are Writers’ Conferences a Waste of Your Writing Time?
Here’s your Writing Challenge of the Week, writers. Get it solidly into your heads that writers’ conferences can eat you alive.
That might
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