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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May 25
Seeing Things, Part 9: Cover Art Creation
Dear Blog Friends, I worked through the formatting of SEEING THINGS, and I’m waiting for my beta reader to give me feedback on the sequel, TREEMAKER, so I’ve been devoting my time to creating the cover art. I wanted each cover to have several different elements. For the first part, I made a large acrylic …
May 23
Seeing Things, Part 8: Formatting
Dear Blog Friends, One of the things I read, when I first started this journey into the wilds of epublishing (what feels like such a long, long time ago) was that formatting a book was one of those difficult and time-consuming things best done by a professional. Now maybe I’m speaking too soon, but after …
May 10
Book Review: Black Magic Sanction
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison Kim Harrison is different for other series writers in that she has managed to consistently create compelling stories in each of her novels. If you haven’t been following the series, don’t start with this one, but if you’ve been a fan of the other books, I’m happy to tell …
May 09
Cobalt Stamp Plate 4
I’ve resisted using rubber stamps in my pottery before, preferring the ones I’ve made myself out of bisqued clay, but I shouldn’t have. Rubber stamps are available in so many different designs, and there are things you can do with stamps that you can’t do with any other tool.