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I know I’ve been dishing out a lot of tough writing love these last few weeks about your manuscript, saying that your first draft might be b

Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, concerns the issue of publishaphobia: my mad

We’re up to “final draft” for today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, which means we’re dow

Since I bashed not one but two published authors last week, I think it only right to criticize myself and my own writing today. One of the

When it comes to creative writing, particularly novel writing, there are just some errors that should not be published – at least three of w

Earlier this month, I finished editing the first draft of my Faerietales 5: Flights of Fancy manuscript – creative copy I had a lot of fun w

Jeannette: So, Lia, when I first approached you about doing an Author of the Month spot, you were quick to ask for June because this is Nati

Creative writers are never completely stable people, so why would we ever think our styles and skills would be static? Put simply, they’re

Back in March, Innovative Editing began its “Author of the Month” program to highlight particularly engaging writers who deserve to stand ou

Here’s Writing Rule #11, and it’s an important one to keep in mind. Admittedly, all the writing rules are important to keep in mind. If the

Today’s Writing Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is pretty much a dare: a dare for you to write your

Mid-last month, I got an editing-focused marketing email from Amazon’s self-publishing arm, CreateSpace. Now, normally, I don’t care about

Last week, in one of the extra – more instructional posts – that I put up every week on Innovative Editing’s blog page, I ended up talking a

We’re now officially onto Writing Rule #8, the last Writing Rule you’ll be getting in February, actually. But let’s not waste time focusing

Today’s Writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Novel.” Think that’s a stupid word to define?

I have goals for 2017. Not New Year’s resolutions. Goals. I feel as if I have to delineate between the two this time around, mainly...