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As we’ve already discussed this week, being a travel writer writing a travel nonfiction book is awesome! Just as long as you don’t die in th

What’s your young adult fiction writing poison? As a young adult fiction writer, you might want to wait to answer that before asking to oth

We’re addressing a major writing pet peeve of mine today: historical fiction that isn’t historical. Don’t get me wrong. You can classify yo

Last week, we discussed four friendly tips on how to edit your business article or blog post. That piece gave the editorial advice to read o

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

Regardless of the subject matter, the title of author should sound noteworthy – even imposing – when it carries as much responsibility as it

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

For Tuesday’s Definition of “writing retreat,” I spent plenty of paragraphs describing how amazing these getaways can be. Oh, they’re so lov

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

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

Okay, creative writer. So you’ve taken my editorial advice and went looking through your manuscript for a plot hole. And you found one. Now

When it comes to checking for story plot holes in a manuscript, creative writers have a choice. They can do it the easier way or the hard wa

I recently spoke with three writers who were all in the same I’m-done-editing-my-manuscript phase of the publishing process. Two of them we

For today’s writing Definition of the Week (as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page), we’re going to skim the surface of what a vani

As a self-published author, as a professional and as a person, being a salesperson is not my natural forte. And it’s not just because I’m an

This writing-related Challenge of the Week is a giant deal for any authors who’ve decided to self-publish their books. As such, forget any b

Delving further into our publishing possibilities for today’s writing Definition of the Week (as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook pag

We’re going to cheat a little with today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, since query letters aren’t actually literary-agent...

Well, we’re on to the topic of what it’s like to be traditionally published for today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on 

So far this year, we’ve covered Creative Writing 101, what it takes to get your story down on paper, and how to properly edit your manuscrip