Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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May 20
Free Fiction Spotlight: Clarkesworld
Dear Blog Friends, I was talking about short story submissions the other day, and realized with shock and alarm that many of my reader friends don’t know that there’s a wealth of free (and cheap) fiction out there to read on the web. So I present you with “Free Fiction Spotlight” where you can …
May 18
Seeing Things, Part 7: Rewrite, Revise, Rinse, Repeat
Dear Blog Friends, If you just started reading now, you’re in the middle of the story, so I’ll recap. Back in 2002, I wrote my first novel. There’s a certain blissful moment only available to novice writers where you have written something and haven’t yet gained the skill to see how much work it needs. …
May 17
Cover Art: Emily’s Fifth Birthday
I’ve been working on using Gimp to make cover art for a pair of my short stories that I intend to publish soon. I’ve never used Gimp or Photoshop before, but I had a copy of Gimp that I downloaded when a friend raved about how much she loved it. I found it quite difficult …
May 16
Seeing Things, Part 6: Cover Art and Marketing
Dear Blog Friends, Since I’m an artist, a lot of people have asked me “when you get your book published, are you going to do your own cover art?” My instant reaction was usually a horsey sound, followed by “no, of course not.” My books deserve really good cover art, butwhen I think of “do …
May 15
Silkscreened shirts
I made a new silkscreen of a nearly identical crow this week. Today I silkscreened them on to my remaining tee shirts. I think I have a lot of tee shirts. After this, I was supposed to iron them for 3-5 minutes on each side to set the ink. This ended up kind of scorching …