Author and Renaissance wannabe
So as my proofer is kindly correcting all my mistakes for the next book, Hope Is A Six Letter Word, my lovely designers (http://blushcreate.com/) have sent me ideas for the next cover. They sent me fifteen rough ideas for direction, based on some keywords about …
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Well here you are, the final stage, the reveal of my new cover, and I love it! It got revealed sooner than I expected as I registered isbns and set up the amazon listing, not realising it would automatically pull through the cover. I hope …
Read MoreSo, while I still have my ‘book jacket’ brain in gear, I’m going to ask those lovely design people of mine to have a look at Man in the Bath, which sport a natty but self-designed cover at the moment. As brand identity is important, …
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So, next set of concept proofs back, based on my initial shortlist, and my first conversation over the designer about them. All going really well. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s always difficult trying to separate what I’d like myself, and what a potential audience might …
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Here is the first of the concepts I asked my designer to work up. There are a number of things about this that appeal to me, including the simplicity, ability to have text on the phone screen, uniformity of style with The Raven Sound, and …
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So now we’re at a wonderful stage again, where I’ve received the initial concepts for the cover of tEXt me (the new title), from those wonderful people at Blushcreate. It is so hard to choose which direction to take, needing to reflect the content, but …
Read MoreI promised to post through the various stages of creating my next book, so here is the first in a series about designing and creating the book cover. If you check back there will be several posts over the next 2 weeks, “as it happens”, …
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Honey I’m home! Did you miss me? Okay, I’ll just pretend you said yes and noticed I wasn’t here. I’ve been looking at different things, short stories mainly, tinkering and editing so I can come back to the main book fresh. Main thinking today is …
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In my earlier attempts at books, I tried to create covers myself. Now this may come as a shock to you, but I’m not a graphic designer, typesetter, photographer or artist. I know, it surprised me too, but the process of learning book cover composition, …
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