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....
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas It’s National Novel Writing Month, and if you’re participating in the festivities, you’re chained to your computer in an effort to blast out a 50,000-word first draft. Thanks for coming up for air to read this post! When...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Crowdsourced editing is a new term, but the concept has been around for a while. Writers have always shared their works-in-progress with other writers in exchange for criticism, in much the same way many writers now use beta...
