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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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 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 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 06
Seeing Things, Part 3: Dream Settings
Dear Blog Friends, I got a new twitter account, if you want to follow it. The name is Seabingen. Seabingen is the name of the city that I set my first novel in, and right now it’s the name of the whole series set in that town. I know that sounds like a strange name, …