Cedar Writes

Tag: cover design

  • Playing with the Big Boys

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    A friend (actually, more than one, come to think of it) pointed me at a ranty post made by another writer this last week. I looked at it, shook my head, and went back to homework. But it stayed with me. Not the first part of the rant, which was… well, it didn’t make sense,…

  • Bad Book Covers

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    When you are studying book covers while you plot to create your next Indie book… Don’t do ANYTHING you see on this site. Lousy Book Covers Go on, go have a giggle, stare in horror… and then come back and we’ll talk about some bad examples in more detail. I asked for contributions of bad…

  • Cover Layout Tutorial

    Cover Layout Tutorial

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    Mirror-posted at ASM I have permission from the talented Gina Marie Wylie to use one of her covers to illustrate a before-and-after of an ebook cover, taking it from amateur, to professional, in a few easy steps. I am using Gimp 2.8 on a Mac, Gimp is freeware, and the last upgrade makes it almost…

  • Monday Maunderings

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    I’m really tired this morning. Predictably (for me) I was sick over the weekend, including what I think was a migraine on top of a cold, yesterday. I was largely incoherent for most of the day yesterday, in too much pain to sleep, so I read. I can’t always read when I’m sick, and it…

  • Formatting a TP Cover

    Formatting a TP Cover

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    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…

  • Reading, Riting, and Rithmatic

    Reading, Riting, and Rithmatic

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    I never did understand how that was supposed to be the three R’s. They say you can’t teach spelling – or at least, not in English, the most rule-breaking language on the planet. We are the rebel speakers of the world! We enjoy breaking rules. Spelling, phonetics, grammar… you name it, we’ve left splinters in…

  • Post up at ASM

    Post up at ASM

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    This week’s post written by me is up at Amazing Stories Magazine. Covering the Topic is a brief take on the art of creating a cover for your work. If you are really interested in the topic, Mark Alger does a wonderful, in-depth exploration at his blog, starting here. He does a much better job…