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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 18, 20183 min read
Becoming Educated: How to Write a Christian Nonfiction Book
What makes someone an actual expert on a subject?
The easy and accurate answer is education.
Contrary to what academia wants you to think,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Your Genuine Writer Review – Part 3
We’re now onto Part 3 of Your Genuine Writer Review series, an analysis of how true you’re being to your writing self.
This isn’t an attemp
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 16, 20183 min read
The Very Bottom-Line Basics of Writing Christian Nonfiction
If you’re writing Christian nonfiction, you have nothing to fear on this site or from this service.
You may or may not remember back in the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 15, 20182 min read
A Sixth Reason to Do NaNoWriMo
Last week, we discussed five reasons why you might want to do NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, 2018.
Here’s the quick rundown:
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 12, 20183 min read
Let Them Know They’re Not Alone
Today’s self-help book Writing Rule is going to sound a whole lot like Thursday’s self-help Writing Challenge. For memory’s sake, here’s the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 11, 20182 min read
Bloggers, Always Review Your Copy One More Time in a Different Program
I know Innovative Editing has written before about the best ways to edit and proofread one’s self. But considering the human race’s proclivi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 11, 20183 min read
Writing a Great Self-Help Book Takes Knowledge and Heart
I want to begin this blog entry by saying that nobody ever needs hand-holding while reading a how-to crafting book.
Except that, all of a s
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 10, 20183 min read
Your Genuine Writer Review – Part 2
Back two Wednesdays ago, in “Your Genuine Writer Review – Part 1,” I mentioned Evan Carmichael’s Your One Word. It’s a business book about c
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 9, 20182 min read
How to Help a Brother (or Sister) Out
Life is filled with questions, some of them gut-wrenching, time-consuming and all-around difficult.
There’s the standard “Who am I?” and “W
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 8, 20182 min read
Is National Novel Writing Month Worth It?
I’m the first person to bash National Novel Writing Month. November is a stupid time of year to waste a stupid amount of time stressing out
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Jeannette DiLouie
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
Writing While Angry vs. Publishing While Angry
Writing while angry can be therapeutic. There’s no doubt about that much.
The act of getting one’s unadulterated, uninhibited thoughts down
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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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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 3, 20184 min read
Hope
Did you know that there’s hope?
As in real hope that you’re going to get through whatever stormy skies might be surrounding you right now.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 2, 20183 min read
The Confusing Definition Side of Writing a How-To Book
Put on your plaid. Strap on your overalls. And get ready to get the job done, whatever that job may be. Because this week, we’re all about t
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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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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 27, 20183 min read
Writing Alternatives to Too Much of That
There are certain words that, when spoken, sound perfectly fine even when we use them several times in a row. Yet when they’re written down,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 27, 20183 min read
Knit One, Pearl Two – Or Some Such Thing
Back in the ‘90s, there was a pretty big company called Klutz.
Technically, this company still exists today, but not to the same fame-and-f
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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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