By Helen Sedwick Writers are masters of words, not numbers. We tried to disappear in the back of algebra class and still suffer anxiety dreams about quadratic equations. Then along comes tax time, and we are forced to assemble, decipher and compute income and...
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:...
By Helen Sedwick Suppose you come up with a shortcut to best-selling success. You analyze the top-selling dystopian series and write a book using similar settings, structure, characters, and themes. You don’t copy the original, merely incorporate generic elements not...
Hard to believe we’re in the final stretch of 2014 with Halloween in the rearview mirror and Thanksgiving and the December holidays on the horizon. Some parts of the country have even had snow already. Whether you’re taking a break from NaNoWriMo or...
By Helen Sedwick What do Shakespeare and Jane Austen have in common? Their works have spawned countless remakes and retellings. Characters have been transported to New York tenements and distant dystopian planets. Stately manor houses have been transformed into...
