Category : General/misc

NPR just published their “10 Best Fiction Novels of 2011″ list. It popped up on my Facebook page. I am actually not much of a lit fic fan; it seems to me that for the most part, if a novel ends happily it’s not allowed to be lit fic. And some lit fic authors are [...]

It sounds like a great idea, right? Sign up for 99 Designs, get a bunch of great artists to compete for your cover, and get to look over their work then decide which one fits you best. You get a great cover for an inexpensive price. How cool is that? Let me tell you that [...]

I thought I’d write a bit about my criteria for listing cover artists. Some folks have contacted me that I have not listed, and I’m feeling kind of bad about it, so I’m going to try to ease my guilt a bit by trying to pin down for you what I’m looking for. It’ll still [...]

I was skimming kindleboards last night and came across a cover thread. In that thread one author stated something to the effect that he (I don’t know if the poster was male or female, I’m just going to save myself some time and say male) felt strongly that authors should design their own covers. For [...]

  I started to write a post on stock art this morning. But first, I realized I needed to talk a bit about copyright. Because I never fail to be astounded at how very little authors (and pretty much most people) understand about copyright, how it works, and when or if they may be violating [...]

I am very excited to announce the start of my blog specifically dedicated to book cover art and design. Of course I’m also totally worn out from fighting with the WordPress template for over 9 hours! I knew what I wanted, I actually paid for the stupid template, and it wouldn’t give me exactly what [...]