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Tag: cover art
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Artwork and thoughts
I didn’t read anything this week, again. I had intended to, and I did do a review on Monday, since I read last week… what is my life coming to? I used to read several books a day. Then there was a book here and there, or a stolen hour in the bathtub with a…
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Trickster Noir: Snippet 3
So I finished it. Woohoo! I’ll start working on a scene I know needs shoring up, doing a pass for major problems, and then it will go to Beta readers. Finally, it will go to an editor before returning for formatting and final covering. Then, marketing and release. It’s a long process, but it could…
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Arting Around
I’ve been playing around with GIMP. With mixed success. And I need to write, so today you get some digital art from my efforts!
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Beautiful America: Pulp Fiction
I love used book stores. I have never really been attracted to new book stores, for a couple of reasons. As a child and teen, I couldn’t afford to pay cover price for a book. I think the only books I ever had brand new was the complete LM Montgomery set in paperback that was…
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Formatting a TP Cover
Mirror-posted over at Amazing Stories Magazine Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on launching my second novel, Pixie Noir. As I did with the first, I released the book through my imprint in both print and e-formats. It’s a lot of work, but very rewarding indeed to be able to hold…
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Back Covers
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a nuts-and-bolts post, or a “what I have been up to this morning!” I spent a good part of my morning formatting and uploading files for Pixie Noir, hoping to hit the proposed publication date in a more-or-less timely fashion. I am working with Createspace again for this,…
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Pixie Noir: Snippet 9
I’m very excited, I have a draft of the cover for you all to look at! It’s likely going to be tweaked before final release, but do let me know what you think! (Be honest, remember, this is for posterity…) Only a couple more snippets before you can buy the whole thing and gobble it…
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Cover-up Follow-Up
Cross-posted over at Amazing Stories Last week I showed some examples of good and bad cover art. Now, if you are an indie author, or a small press publisher, you can’t afford a great cover artist to create bespoke art for your cover. And I’ll tell you something: most traditional publishers don’t bother, either. You…
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Well-Covered
A books cover speaks loudly… I’ve put together some examples, good and bad, over at Amazing Stories today. What do you think belongs on a science fiction cover? Fantasy? What looks awful? Next week I will get into how to find and use images.
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Part Two of the Art of Covers
Part Two of the Art of Covers Eric Gustafson’s continuing take on cover art and design. Good stuff, take a look!
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And it’s Monday
Which means there is a new Amazing Stories blog post up… but I didn’t write it! Eric Gustafson guest posts for me, on the importance of cover art, with great humor and radical ideas that deserve to be fully explored. http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/08/the-art-of-designing-covers/ And speaking of art, I am playing around with an idea. I’m using Pinterest to…
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Red Riding Hood
I wrote a grown-up version of the classic fairy tale, where Russe is armed with a shotgun, and the wolf had better watch out… It’s been available for a while, and I have a sequel plotted. I should work on that this summer. A conversation on facebook brought it to mind, so I am sharing…