Dear Blog Friends: After I posted the cover mockups on Wednesday, I decided to try an iconic cover instead. First, I went to my favorite coffee shop and asked for a large Irish Breakfast, hold the water. After a few puzzled looks, I came home with a few tablespoons of tea, which I brewed and …
June 2011 archive
Jun 01
Seeing Things, Part 8: First cover mockups
Dear Blog Friends: As you can see, I’ve been hard at work on the cover design. This isn’t going to be the final cover. I went to WisCon last weekend, hoping that I would be able to learn something about cover art creation. I met a lot of great people, and got some good information, …
Jun 01
Cover Art: “Voice Like a Cello” and “Bear Country”
Here’s the cover for my second pairing of short stories. I made it bigger on this, since it’s my art blog and this site is all about the art. Finding an interesting photo to work from was the easy part. I do a lot of gardening and have zillions of photos of my plants. This …