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Sep 13, 2018
2 min

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

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Jeannette DiLouie

Sep 5, 2018
5 min

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

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How Not to Get Sued for Libel While Writing a Biography

Jeannette DiLouie

Jul 20, 2018
3 min

How Not to Get Sued for Libel While Writing a Biography

With yesterday’s Writing Challenge, we covered your ethical responsibility in writing a biography. For today’s Writing Rule though, we go fr

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5 Facts About School Teachers You Should Probably Keep in Mind

Jeannette DiLouie

May 16, 2018
3 min

5 Facts About School Teachers You Should Probably Keep in Mind

Editor’s Note 1: This article is written by anonymous so that no school teachers suffer more than they already are. But anonymous still know

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Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 19, 2018
2 min

A Time to Go Negative

Going all negative isn’t always a bad thing. This is the realization I came to last week after I realized I was taking a shower with a spid

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Getting to the Publishable Point – Step #6

Jeannette DiLouie

Apr 16, 2018
3 min

Getting to the Publishable Point – Step #6

Beta readers. It’s a term I never heard once during my first 20 years of writing. Part of that, no doubt, is because I was a pretty little

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Jeannette DiLouie

Feb 6, 2018
2 min

Oh, the Horror (Fiction)!

Since I’m not a horror fiction writer, I wanted to practice my editorial preaching before I put this together. That meant doing some pre-wri

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2 (and a 1/2) Reasons to Be Cautious About Hiring a Ghostwriter

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 25, 2018
3 min

2 (and a 1/2) Reasons to Be Cautious About Hiring a Ghostwriter

This article isn’t entirely against hiring a ghostwriter. That’s why the title says “Be Cautious,” not “Avoid Completely.” There are some d

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Is This the Year You’re Going to Write a Business Book?

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 18, 2018
3 min

Is This the Year You’re Going to Write a Business Book?

So you want to write a business book about your area of expertise? That’s great! I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who can use

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Do You Waste Way Too Much Time Writing Business Emails?

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 11, 2018
2 min

Do You Waste Way Too Much Time Writing Business Emails?

Are you one of those people who stresses out over every single business email you compose? If so, you’re in similarly neurotic company here

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Can Quotation Marks Make Your Readers Doubt You?

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 4, 2018
3 min

Can Quotation Marks Make Your Readers Doubt You?

On Tuesday, I was just finishing up a final editorial check of January’s Author of the Month post. A prolific writer herself, this insightf

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3 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Stand Out in Today’s Novel-Writing Swamp

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 4, 2018
2 min

3 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Stand Out in Today’s Novel-Writing Swamp

It’s not a pool of novel-writing competition out there. It’s a swamp. A pool is nice and neat and contained. Oh, it might be an Olympic-siz

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A Focus on Fiction for Novel Manuscript Writers

Jeannette DiLouie

Jan 2, 2018
2 min

A Focus on Fiction for Novel Manuscript Writers

This year, our focus is going to be on genres, starting out with the fiction side of things. So if you’re working on a novel manuscript, the

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3 Signs You’ve Gone Editorially Overboard and Need to Take a Chill Pill

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 21, 2017
3 min

3 Signs You’ve Gone Editorially Overboard and Need to Take a Chill Pill

Last week, we discussed four friendly tips on how to edit your business article or blog post. That piece gave the editorial advice to read o

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4 Friendly Tips on How to Edit Your Amazing Business Article (Or Blog Post)

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 14, 2017
2 min

4 Friendly Tips on How to Edit Your Amazing Business Article (Or Blog Post)

You just wrote an amazing article. Or blog post. Or some other kind of business copy. Whatever it is, you rocked it! How do you know you r

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Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 13, 2017
2 min

My Company Christmas Party

What’s your company Christmas party typically like? Let’s see if you can relate to my previous experiences. - Awkward conversation, with co

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What to Get a (Nice) Manuscript Editor for Christmas

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 11, 2017
2 min

What to Get a (Nice) Manuscript Editor for Christmas

Nice manuscript editors deserve the perfect Christmas presents. Don’t you agree? Not naughty ones, of course. They deserve horrible Christm

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Ellipses and em-Dashes and Parentheses, Oh My!

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 7, 2017
3 min

Ellipses and em-Dashes and Parentheses, Oh My!

Way back when I held the title of mere copyeditor instead of Chief Executive Editor… I worked with a lot of ellipses. What’s an ellipses, a

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The Daring, Dashing, Non-Editorialized Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel Concluded

Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 6, 2017
3 min

The Daring, Dashing, Non-Editorialized Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel Concluded

Back on October 30, I wrote, “The Daring, Dashing, Non-Editorialized Tale of a National Novel Writing Month Rebel.” That blog post detailed

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Jeannette DiLouie

Dec 4, 2017
5 min

Author of the Month: Jeannette DiLouie

Innovative Editing’s Author of the Month program has some seriously amazing authors lined up for 2018. And they have some pretty awesome rea

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