By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Maybe it’s the time of year. All those NaNoWriMo manuscripts are beginning to stir, and they’re popping up like crocuses through the dregs of this winter’s snow. And what’s on every author’s mind? Beta readers. At Beyond Paper,...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Plagiarism. You know it when you see it, but it’s as slippery as a Canadian sidewalk in winter when you try to define or explain it. We recently became aware of how difficult plagiarism is to explain when we discovered several...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Recently, New York Times bestselling author Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Work Week) put out a call for a managing editor. Curious, we decided to see what kind of editorial help he was looking for, to determine if there might be...
As a new year commences and the team here at The Book Designer finish our holiday break, I thought this would be a great opportunity to offer a look back on the most popular posts written by our contributing writers during the past year. Frances Caballo Facebook Ads:...
Are you looking to polish your NaNoWriMo book in the new year? Are books on your holiday wish list? (Silly question, right?) Below is a list of 19 titles teaching self-editing for fiction authors that we believe every indie writer should have on his or her bookshelf....
