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We writers strive to be as clear as possible in what we publish. We have a certain message, and we want to convey it – a worthwhile mission

Part of being a genuine writer is acknowledging your bias or biases. That’s why today’s writing-related Challenge (as posted on Innovative E

I’m going to call out a fellow writer today, and I’m going to do it directly for a change since he’s a non-fiction author. Simply put, those

Last week, I came across a post on one of the Facebook writer and author groups I belong to. Written by an English teacher who had his own b

On my computer, on one page of an Excel spreadsheet, there’s a list of blog post topics I’d either like to eventually write about or once th

Remember last week’s professional writing tip about cutting down on your word count? Well, this week’s is about upping it with some...

I know I said a lot of bad things about vanity publishers in yesterday’s Definition of the Week. And I’m going to continue saying bad things

If you’ve got a book manuscript, whether it’s a creative writing piece or something in the non-fiction category, you want to have an editor.

This writing-related Challenge of the Week is a giant deal for any authors who’ve decided to self-publish their books. As such, forget any b

Delving further into our publishing possibilities for today’s writing Definition of the Week (as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook pag

Believe it or not, manuscript editors like me end up interacting with a lot of truly hurt or hurting people with very painful pasts or prese

If you want to know how much time you waste during the day – time you could spend working on that creative writing or autobiographical or no

Any good professional should know other people in their general business. For Innovative Editing, that means interacting with other writers

Well, we’re on to the topic of what it’s like to be traditionally published for today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on 

So far this year, we’ve covered Creative Writing 101, what it takes to get your story down on paper, and how to properly edit your manuscrip

I know I’ve been dishing out a lot of tough writing love these last few weeks about your manuscript, saying that your first draft might be b

Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, concerns the issue of publishaphobia: my mad

I had a highly entertaining editorial conversation with one of my genuinely awesome editing clients the other day. I’d love to tell you all

We’re up to “final draft” for today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, which means we’re dow

Since I bashed not one but two published authors last week, I think it only right to criticize myself and my own writing today. One of the