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 4, 20183 min
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
Sep 25, 20182 min
What Ever Happened to Crafts and Hobbies Outside of Kindergarten?
Doing crafts and hobbies used to be exceptionally popular, which made writing crafts and hobbies books a solid publishing idea.
Oh, how tim
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 20, 20183 min
Cookbook Writers, Turn up the Heat and Get Real With Your Readers
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,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 13, 20183 min
Don’t Try to Cookie-Cutter Readers Into Your Diet or Nutrition Book
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 6, 20183 min
Is “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” Too Dense?
If you’re writing science nonfiction, Neil de Grasse Tyson should be your automatic hero. His latest work, Astrophysics for People in a Hurr
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 23, 20183 min
What You Absolutely Must Do as a Travel Writer
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 16, 20183 min
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
Aug 9, 20183 min
Know Thy Enemy!
We began discussing what’s involved in writing a political commentary book on Tuesday. How you can be snarky or serious, factual or downrigh
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 8, 20183 min
Calling All Male Writers Writing Female Characters Wrong
Editor’s Note: Talking about male writers writing female characters wrong is tricky.
For one, Innovative Editing has young readers. And thi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 2, 20183 min
Successful True Crime Writers Are More Than Writers Alone
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 26, 20183 min
Let the Fun Begin!
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 19, 20183 min
Life and Legacy: The Good and Tough Going of Writing a Biography
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 12, 20183 min
Setting Aside Self While Writing an Autobiography
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 5, 20182 min
Narrowing It Down From “Too Much”
Because memoirs are technically about just one significant point in their authors’ lives, they do pose an immediate problem.
What about eve
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 21, 20183 min
Are Young Adult Novels Too Trashy?
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 14, 20183 min
Your Main Character’s Parents in Middle Grade Writing
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 7, 20183 min
The Serious Nature of Writing Picture Book Stories for 3-8 Year-Olds
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
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 31, 20182 min
The Building Blocks of Board Books
When it comes to board book ideas, they’re both incredibly simplistic and really rather hard.
Let’s start with the simplistic…
On Tuesday,
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 24, 20183 min
Why Is Christian Fiction So Bad?
I got a little brutal about writing Christian fiction on Tuesday. Now it’s time to get really brutal.
Most traditionally published Christia
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