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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
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 25, 20182 min read


How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 4
For this lovely last week of September, we’re still working within our realistic creative writing series. If you’re just jumping in now, you
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 24, 20183 min read


When It Comes to Sales, Cookbooks Are Just Pretty Picture Books With Recipes
Pretty pictures.
In the initial engagement department, it doesn’t matter how logical we are. How rational we are. How educated we are or an
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 21, 20183 min read


I’m Done With Gender-Neutral Pronouns
As a professional editor, manuscript editor and book-writing coach, I strongly believe in being the right match for my clients. Not every ed
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 20, 20183 min read


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,
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 20, 20183 min read


Is Social Media Keeping You From Writing Your Book?
Is social media keeping you from writing your book?
That’s a question you need to consider if you’re even halfway serious about becoming an
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 19, 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
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 18, 20183 min read


How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 3
If you really want to make your creative writing more realistic, ask lots of questions.
Lots and lots and lots of them.
Ask for input befo
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 17, 20183 min read


The Biggest Challenge You Face in Writing a Health, Nutrition, Fitness or Dieting Book
Writing a book – any book, but particularly a nonfiction book – can be hard work at any stage of the process. But when writing a health, nut
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 13, 20183 min read


Before You Submit That Article for Editorial Consideration
I recently submitted an article idea to a new publication I just became acquainted with. Because this was over Facebook, I got into a little
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 13, 20182 min read


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
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 13, 20183 min read


5 Myths Female Writers Need to Undo When Creating Male Characters
Editor’s Note: Once upon a time, there was a female writer who wrote about both male characters and female characters. But she didn’t just w
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 12, 20183 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
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 11, 20182 min read


How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 2
Last Monday, we started talking about ways to make your creative writing more realistic. And this Monday, we’re going to delve further into
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 10, 20183 min read


Facts Are Facts, and Theories Are Theories
On Tuesday, when beginning its discussion about science nonfiction manuscript writing, Innovative Editing wrote:
If you’re writing science
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 7, 20183 min read


National Novel Writing Month for Professional Writers
National Novel Writing Month is a November-centered novel-writing challenge. So it might seem more than a little odd to make a professional
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 6, 20183 min read


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
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 6, 20183 min read


Have You Gotten Your Call?
Jeannette: Hi, Tabitha! We’re going to get right into it. Tell us a bit about your book, Called. What makes it tick? What’s it about?
Tabit
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 5, 20185 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
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 4, 20183 min read


How to Make Your Creative Writing More Realistic – Part 1
If you want to make your creative writing more realistic, there are a number of options at your disposal. Today, we’re just going to focus o
Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 3, 20183 min read
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