2011 archive

Collaged Backgrounds

These are three paintings/collages I did to use as the background images for my cover art. The red one will be for my first novel, SEEING THINGS, which will be out on Smashwords and Kindle by September 1st of this year.  The green will be its sequel, TREEMAKER and the blue will be for the …

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Seeing Things, part 10: editing and new projects

Dear Blog Friends: The past few days I worked hard on the cover mockup for Seeing Things.  I think I have a working cover, though the urge to tinker with it ceaselessly is pretty intense.  Here’s the current book cover.  I’m still not sure about my name and the subtitle.  First of all, is it …

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Seeing Things, Part 9: Second Cover Mockup

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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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