Innovative Editing

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

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.

Doing crafts and hobbies used to be exceptionally popular, which made writing crafts and hobbies books a solid publishing idea. Oh, how tim

When I was a little girl, my mom owned a copy of The Joy of Cooking. This cookbook, written by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker,

These days, we’re all encouraged to be ourselves. To be individuals. To tell the conformity man to take his opinion elsewhere, ‘cause we don

If you’re writing science nonfiction, Neil de Grasse Tyson should be your automatic hero. His latest work, Astrophysics for People in a Hurr

You know the saying “live a little”? Well, as a travel writer, you get to live a lot! That’s true whether you’re writing a travel nonfictio

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

We began discussing what’s involved in writing a political commentary book on Tuesday. How you can be snarky or serious, factual or downrigh

Editor’s Note: Talking about male writers writing female characters wrong is tricky. For one, Innovative Editing has young readers. And thi

If you’re a true crime writer – or if you’re looking to be a true crime writer writing true crime books – you have to be more than just a wr

Okay. This is a fun one. Admittedly, it’s the nerdy kind of fun. We’re not talking about “cool” stuff like going out dancing with your frie

No bones about it, writing a biography is quite the undertaking. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. You’re dealing with someone’s life an

Many a person writing an autobiography can get extremely nervous about the road ahead. And it’s not just the normal writing process or pre-p

Because memoirs are technically about just one significant point in their authors’ lives, they do pose an immediate problem. What about eve

I’m not sure if it was the 2002 release of Gossip Girl that started the trend of turning young adult novels trashy. It might have been. The

Here’s an interesting creative writing thought to think about… What do you do with your main character’s parents in middle grade writing? T

Writing picture book stories requires some special insights into 3-8 year-olds' minds. Here’s an example… The other week, I got to take

When it comes to board book ideas, they’re both incredibly simplistic and really rather hard. Let’s start with the simplistic… On Tuesday,

I got a little brutal about writing Christian fiction on Tuesday. Now it’s time to get really brutal. Most traditionally published Christia