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One Author’s Marketing Experience

Author’s marketing requires skills many of us need to acquire. This week, Radical Writers welcomes award-winning author, Henry McLaughlin. For more about Henry, check out his links at the bottom of this post. Guest post on author’s marketing by Henry…

Editing Cost & Expectations

Editing costs vary depending on the type of edit and the editor’s personal rates. Unfortunately, many writers hear, “Get a professional edit.” But unless you know what type of edit you need, you may pay extra or not contract for…

Technical Difficulties

Technical difficulties stink. Have you missed posts on this site? For months, I spent countless hours trying to fix technical issues and failing miserably. But I’m back, ready to challenge writers with something. Why not address this thing of technology?…

May 12, 2023 – Friday Prompt Me

Cliche Rephrasing Look at your current work in progress. Regardless of genre, book, article, poetry, whatever, underline any cliched phrase in it. Write alternatives for each of those phrases. Remember, actions (waking to an alarm clock) can also be cliche.…

Summer Writing

Summer writing–sounds promising, doesn’t it? For many of us, summer doesn’t change anything. We keep going as if the season didn’t change. But let’s face it. Many people spend more time outside and perhaps traveling during the summer months, and…

May 5, 2023 Friday Prompt Me

Imagine you’re on the way to your wedding ceremony. As you drive past a pond, you see a group of kids, screaming. Their friend in the water just went under, not coming back up. What do you do? Write this…

Tracking Changes: Editor’s Viewpoint

Tracking changes always existed in an editor’s toolbox. It looked different back when we did everything hard copy. Those days, long gone, morphed into something new. In MS Word, which most editors use for editing manuscripts, track changes functionality makes…

March 24, 2023 – Friday Prompt Me

Ever try writing with humor? For non-fiction, humor can keep a reader interested. In fiction, especially when dealing with serious or dark subjects, humor allows the reader to breathe for a moment. The best writing evokes emotion, and laughter is…