Innovative Editing

Proper picture book story writing isn’t as easy as it may seem to some. These narratives may have less pages and far fewer words to work wi

Considering the recent spate of political “comedy” going around, let’s address how many readers writers can lose by being unprofessional. No

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

Calling all C.S. Lewis fans who can’t wrap their heads around Till We Have Faces! Your guidebook has officially arrived. Every month, Innov

Just the very mention of the picture book “genre” should make readers everywhere smile. Whether it makes them think about books they used to

You’ve heard the saying, “keeping it real,” I’m sure. Well, this post is all about writing it real… taking factual information and putting

If you’ve got a board book idea for tiny tots, more power to you! Just know that traditional publishing presses probably don’t agree with In

Oh, the power of an occasional incomplete sentence. It can change your entire presentation. The feel of it. The flavor. The effect. For ex

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

Editor’s Note: We creative writers do some fairly dreadful things to our protagonists throughout the course of our writing careers. Oh, we s

Just as with “big kid” books, there are different genres or categories in the children’s publishing world. Also like the children’s publish

At the risk of being utterly cheesy, let's tackle the topic of what it takes to be a professional writer. At least we're going to ta

It would probably be pretentious to say that it’s Christian fiction writers’ job to make God look good. God doesn’t need our assistance in

Microsoft Word’s Spellcheck has never been a perfect tool. Nor was it originally supposed to be, as far I’m aware. Back in the day, it migh

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

Editor’s Note: Since we’re discussing Christian fiction this week, I asked another Christian writer, reader and editorially-minded manuscrip

Sooo… Christian fiction writing. What can we say about it? Since this week’s writing Definition, Challenge and Rule are going to be fille

Here’s what I can say about vanity publishing and vanity publishers. And it isn’t nice. There are pros, cons and “iffy” aspects to traditio

If there’s one chick-lit Writing Rule you can count on, it’s going to be that the main character doesn’t have her life in order at story’s b

You really, really, really don’t have to write a perfect first draft in order to be a successful writer. Perhaps that should be Rule #1 of