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For years, I swore I would never get on Pinterest: that it was a ginormous waste of any sane intellectual’s time. Then I got on it to promo

I have another cheesy “writitude” blog post scheduled for Thanksgiving tomorrow. So I’m using today to say what I’m thankful for, and that’s

I’m so exceptionally proud to announce that Innovative Editing has been voted the best place to work – ever! Editors have never had it so go

This editor is going to go out on an anti-feminist limb and say how much she hates gender-neutral pronouns. Yes, I’m female. Yes, I’m educa

For Tuesday’s Definition of “writing retreat,” I spent plenty of paragraphs describing how amazing these getaways can be. Oh, they’re so lov

Nobody journals anymore, right? That’s something our old-fashioned ancestors did because they didn’t have anything better to do with their

Writers (and editors) can do well with a few doses of humility thrown into their lives here and there. It’s a great quality to put on in the

This may come as a surprise to anyone who knows an uptight editor, but I love my job. How can I not when I’m constantly learning? Every edi

It’s just about National Novel Writing Month go-time! Though for NaNoWriMo 2017, this writer has an editor’s goal instead. I know that Nati

Editor’s Note: I promised a conclusion to Innovative Editing’s last three posts (part 1, part 2 and part 3), and this is it. What can we tak

Editor’s Note 1: Right now, I’m at Panera listening to a senior citizen book club discuss their latest read. I bring this up because, fortui

Editor’s Note 1: I’m going to keep this intro short and sweet. The following post continues yesterday’s call to action for would-be writers

Editor’s Note 1: Well, Innovative Editing readers, you’re in for a treat! This Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I’m turning the editorial re

Teachers and editors are usually quick to warn against bad grammar like run-on sentences and incomplete sentences. They’re no good, the prof

For all you creative writers and non-fiction writers still working on your manuscripts, let’s talk about sentence structure. This is somethi

First of all, yes, I know the W and P in #FirstWorldProblems shouldn’t be capitalized according to proper hashtag rules. But this is what su

Okay, creative writer. So you’ve taken my editorial advice and went looking through your manuscript for a plot hole. And you found one. Now

When it comes to checking for story plot holes in a manuscript, creative writers have a choice. They can do it the easier way or the hard wa

Innovative Editing started a new series on Pinterest a few weeks ago called the “Genuine Writer.” It involves a series of inspirations and e

I ended yesterday’s writing-related, tone-focused Challenge on something of a cliffhanger. That wasn’t part of my evil editorial plan, but i