Writing Wednesday – Cover Art and the New Amazon Publishing

02 Thursday Oct 2014

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Last Week’s WW: Don’t Let Draft Differences Get You Down

Which of these do you like best? I’m going to submit Otherworlders to the new Kindle Publishing when it opens in a couple weeks. I need a great cover. If none of these are to your liking, let me know. If you have suggestions for Otherworlders, that’d be great to hear about, too.

Amazon has recently announced that they will be accepting book submissions to be published by them. This is different from self-publishing, or the publishing program that they already have. Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday – Before You Dive Too Deep

26 Thursday Jun 2014

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Have you ever finished a project, thought it was just perfect, and then realized that you did something wrong?

That happens to me more then I’d like.

For example, remember that cover I put up the other day? Well, I messed up several things on it. I made it all look like I wanted, and then I looked up the ratio size that a book cover could be. I was way off! I had to squish and stretch the background. I had to create so many more layers and tweak things. Finally, I got it looking good again.

Then I realized that I had put the wrong date on it. Sigh.

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Mention Monday – Kindle Worlds/ Silo Saga: Witness Cover

24 Tuesday Jun 2014

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So, I know I should have been writing my Serial Sunday or Mention Monday. I’m sorry that I didn’t get them done this week. Instead, I got wrapped up in making a cover. You know that short story I wrote in one day last week? Well, it was for Kindle Worlds.

You know what, this is going to be a Mention Monday after all.

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