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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 6, 20183 min read
More Hows and Whys When Writing a Middle-Grade or YA Nonfiction Book
As discussed in last week’s “how to write a parenting book” series, the path from conception to adulthood is complex. It’s nuanced.
It’s co
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 30, 20183 min read
What to Expect When Writing a Parenting Book
“Children are a blessing,” they say.
“Children are our future.”
And what they say is right on both counts. But they could also easily add
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 23, 20183 min read
The Billion-Dollar Bible Study Book Question
What is the point of being a Christian?
That’s not a trick question or a sarcastic one. It’s genuine and important and worth repeating. So
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 18, 20183 min read
Becoming Educated: How to Write a Christian Nonfiction Book
What makes someone an actual expert on a subject?
The easy and accurate answer is education.
Contrary to what academia wants you to think,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 16, 20183 min read
The Very Bottom-Line Basics of Writing Christian Nonfiction
If you’re writing Christian nonfiction, you have nothing to fear on this site or from this service.
You may or may not remember back in the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Oct 9, 20182 min read
How to Help a Brother (or Sister) Out
Life is filled with questions, some of them gut-wrenching, time-consuming and all-around difficult.
There’s the standard “Who am I?” and “W
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 18, 20183 min read
3 Really Obvious but Really Important Aspects of Writing a Cookbook
As of this posting, fall is five days away. That means the scent of pumpkin spice is in the air, which makes it the perfect time to publish
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Good Eats, Bad Eats and How to Handle Both – Author Style
Eating chocolate is in Innovative Editing’s official list of ways to get past writer’s block.
That’s partially because, sometimes, a little
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 4, 20183 min read
To Infinity and Beyond!
Out of the many nonfiction genres, writing science nonfiction is far from the least problematic. At least that’s true when it comes to makin
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 21, 20183 min read
“Oh, I Come From a Land, From a Far-Away Place”
Travel nonfiction books exist for a reason.
Why shouldn’t they when the world is so full of journeys to take and adventures to discover? Fo
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 14, 20183 min read
A Lot Like Political Commentary – Except Different
Try looking up the definition of the social and cultural issues genre anywhere else outside of Innovative Editing. If you do, you might find
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 7, 20183 min read
When Writing Political Commentary Books
Last week, we covered true crime writing. So it only makes sense that we follow up with a closely related topic: writing political commentar
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 31, 20182 min read
When Writing in the True Crime Genre, Don’t Call It the Good Stuff
I’d say we’re getting to the good stuff of the nonfiction world. Except that writing in the true crime genre is exactly that: writing about
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 24, 20183 min read
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
I don’t care what anyone else says. I love reading historical nonfiction.
Holla if you’re with me!
No? Historical nonfiction isn’t cool en
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 17, 20183 min read
Writing a Biography Means Making It ALL About Someone Else
There are so many fascinating stories to tell out there, many of which aren’t fictional. Real-life people, places, movements, ideas, inventi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 10, 20183 min read
What to Know When Writing One’s Autobiography
Last week, we were all about memoirs: non-fiction stories about particular times in authors’ lives. This week, we’re onto the well-respected
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 3, 20183 min read
Oh, Dahling, I’m Writing My Memoir
“I’m writing my memoir” sounds like such a fancy phrase. It calls to mind worthwhile accomplishments and personal hurtles jumped and battles
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 19, 20183 min read
Young Adult Fiction Isn’t a Genre (but Let’s Discuss It Anyway)
We’re officially up to one of my favorite groupings out there, right alongside fantasy and historical fiction: the young adult fiction genre
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 12, 20182 min read
Real Examples of Middle Grade Fiction Writing (and No, They’re Not Harry Potter)
If you do a search for “middle grade fiction” writing online, you’re bound to come up with a Goodreads list or two on the first few pages.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 5, 20183 min read
Pretty Pictures, Wonderful Words: The Picture Book Genre Opened Up
Just the very mention of the picture book “genre” should make readers everywhere smile. Whether it makes them think about books they used to
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