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Aug 16, 20183 min read

An Interactive Challenge

Writing a social and cultural issues manuscript can be quite fun. As with writing a historical nonfiction manuscript, by “fun,” Innovative

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Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 18, 20183 min read

The Mark of a “Real Writer”

“I’m not a real writer, but….” “Well, I can’t really say I’m a writer.” “I wouldn’t call myself a writer…” It’s amazing how many actual w

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Getting to the Publishable Point – Step #6

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 16, 20183 min read

Getting to the Publishable Point – Step #6

Beta readers. It’s a term I never heard once during my first 20 years of writing. Part of that, no doubt, is because I was a pretty little

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Is This the Year You’re Going to Write a Business Book?

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 18, 20183 min read

Is This the Year You’re Going to Write a Business Book?

So you want to write a business book about your area of expertise? That’s great! I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who can use

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3 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Stand Out in Today’s Novel-Writing Swamp

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 4, 20182 min read

3 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Stand Out in Today’s Novel-Writing Swamp

It’s not a pool of novel-writing competition out there. It’s a swamp. A pool is nice and neat and contained. Oh, it might be an Olympic-siz

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The First Two Steps to Picking Your Book's Perfect Front Cover

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 14, 20173 min read

The First Two Steps to Picking Your Book's Perfect Front Cover

Think about all the books you have on your shelf at home. Now think about all their front covers. There’s probably a wide variety of picture

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Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 7, 20173 min read

How Well Titled Is Your Manuscript?

Hello, my name is Jeannette DiLouie, and I hate coming up with book titles. Except in my fantasy series, for some reason. Not So Human, To

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The Daring, Dashing, Non-Editorialized Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel Concluded

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 6, 20173 min read

The Daring, Dashing, Non-Editorialized Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel Concluded

Back on October 30, I wrote, “The Daring, Dashing, Non-Editorialized Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel.” That blog post detailed

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Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 5, 20173 min read

Let’s Talk About Your Book Title

What’s in a book title? Well, words. Obviously. Hopefully descriptive words. A book title is – or at least should be – something that speak

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Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 4, 20175 min read

Author of the Month: Jeannette DiLouie

Innovative Editing’s Author of the Month program has some seriously amazing authors lined up for 2018. And they have some pretty awesome rea

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What Does Your Writing Attitude Say About You?

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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An Extra-Cheesy Thanksgiving Dish to Go With Your Turkey and Writing

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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What to Expect in an Awesome and Worthwhile Writing Retreat!

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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What Is a Writing Retreat Going to Cost Me?

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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Complicated Information? Awesomely Understandable Presentation!

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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Test Your “Writing Competition Eligibility” With This Quick Questionnaire!

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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The Dashing Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel!

Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 30, 20173 min read

The Dashing Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel!

It’s just about National Novel Writing Month go-time! Though for NaNoWriMo 2017, this writer has an editor’s goal instead. I know that Nati

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Let’s Add an Editor’s Challenge to Lia Mack’s “3 Things You Need to Finally Write That Book”

Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 27, 20173 min read

Let’s Add an Editor’s Challenge to Lia Mack’s “3 Things You Need to Finally Write That Book”

Editor’s Note: I promised a conclusion to Innovative Editing’s last three posts (part 1, part 2 and part 3), and this is it. What can we tak

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Jeannette DiLouie

Oct 16, 20173 min read

Deleted Document? #FirstWorldProblems.

First of all, yes, I know the W and P in #FirstWorldProblems shouldn’t be capitalized according to proper hashtag rules. But this is what su

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