Dear Blog Friends; Thanks to everyone who has downloaded my novel since I posted it on Tuesday night. Double thanks to those of you who have read it or started to read it. It’s weird, I have been talking about this book for a long time, but now that it’s out there in the real …
Jun 15
Seeing Things, Part 13: The Big Day
Dear Blog Friends, I’ve been thinking. See, when I came out with the release date of September 1st, I was thinking that I’d have a full time job by now, and that I’d be super busy all the time. But I haven’t been super busy, and since I’ve kind of decided to shelve the paper …
Jun 14
Magnet Set 1
We got a new refrigerator, so to make it feel welcome, I made a set of magnets. Here are some of them, photographed in their natural habitat. To do a project like this, you have to have lots and lots of little pieces and different types of paper, otherwise they aren’t terribly creative.
Jun 13
Seeing Things, Part 12: Time Management Charts
Dear Blog Friends, I’ve been reading a lot of sites that talk about epublishing. I think I need to correct a misconception that they present. One would think, from reading and researching epublishing, that this is how you should spend your time getting your book published. Here is how I actually divide the time …
Jun 11
Cover Art Mockup 1
This is the first mockup for the cover of my novel, SEEING THINGS, which will be epublished later this summer. To start with, I used the painted background which I made using acrylic, stamps, and layers of black gesso. After photographing it, I scanned it and then played with the color to get a brighter …