It’s been ages since I’ve posted a tutorial—since I’ve posted anything at all, actually; I’ve been busy doing book covers and various other things for e-publishers and authors. And now that I have more than a handful of samples to show, I figure I should do a half-assed tutorial and share one of my favorite covers—Passionate Destiny by Dee S. Knight. Dee is a dream to work with. She provides a lot of book detail and cover ideas in her…
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I know I’ve been remiss in keeping this journal up to date. It’s been at the back of my mind as I worked toward a deadline, unpacked, took on various freelance projects, or cured world hunger as experienced by my cat, but at the end of the day, my creative energy is so completely spent, it’s all I can manage just to keep from drooling. I still have towers of boxes in my new place, and I’ve decided that I…
As incentive to get my book boxes unpacked, I decided to take up where Minnie left off and participate in a meme. The Meme: Take five books off your bookshelf. Book #1 — first sentence Book #2 — last sentence on page fifty Book #3 — second sentence on page one hundred Book #4 — next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty Book #5 — final sentence of the book Make the five sentences into a paragraph….
The move went better than the last two—much quicker, much cheaper, much closer in distance. We loaded and unloaded 80-some boxes and 10 pieces of furniture in record time—two hours and fifteen minutes—with just two movers, three dollies, H.E., and me. I wore ripped jeans for the occasion. My butt knows the drill. But the cleaning of the old place nearly killed me. The day job on Monday morning finished me off. I’d taken Friday off, and while I was…