This is the first post in the series – Self Publishing Tips from A to Z. I’ve already touched on the importance of creating a professional looking cover for an indie author. If you want your book to look appealing, you need your cover to look like it was created by a big 5 publishing house, not in your basement.
DIY Book Cover Design Walkthrough Part 1.
You can judge a book by its cover. If you intend to tackle the subject yourself, and don’t know where to start, read on. This walk through is for the background picture in my book cover only. I will do a typography tutorial later. In this part 1, we are going to talk about the planning and prep to get you to the designing stage. I’m sorry I simply don’t have the room to do a word for word tutorial. That’s why this is just a walk through and it will even be spread across a few parts. Here’s a tip … Read More
Guest Blogging Opportunities
Because I’m a DIY kind a gal, I’d like to encourage the sharing of internet real estate with all other DIY Writer’s, Readers and Artists out there. I don’t care what your age is, what your skill level is – if you have something original to say, I’d like to hear it. If you want to post on this site, you need to submit your post to me for approval first. I will be approving based on the below points: You must have a website to link back to You must have written the work yourself – you may link … Read More
Book Art – The Witch
This is one of the Villain’s from my novel ‘Hunting for Witches’. A little bit about Witches Witches are evil body snatching spirits. They were human once. They loved life, or something in their life so much they couldn’t let go. Not even after death. But they did die, and that journey to the other side has opened a door to the secrets of our human makeup. Now they can do anything consciously that we do subconsciously. Now, they can use our body better than us. They’ve been among us hidden for centuries, infecting the female population and taking over their bodies, trying … Read More
Character sketch – Tommy
This is one of my main characters – Tommy. He’s the youngest character by far in the book, an 18 year old Southern American boy. Smoker, photographer and in love with the main character – Roo.
Book cover breakdown
How to work out what sort of book cover you should have. I’m waiting for my manuscript to come back from my workshop partner aka sister & fellow reader of the Urban Fantasy genre Nat. While this is happening it’s the perfect time to start work on the cover for my novel. But where to start?