From Rick: As I promised last time, this post will discuss how the cover for Dave Schulz’s novel Searching for Sound was designed and show that you don’t need to be a graphic designer (which I’m not) to be able
Read MoreFrom Rick: A couple of weeks ago, one of my writer friends who has some graphic design experience made the following observation: “With respect to designing covers, it seems at some point the basic elements of good graphic design ought
Read MoreFrom Rick: I’m going to deviate a bit from actual cover design in this post, although what I have to say is very relevant to the cover’s design. Two weeks ago, Scott discussed the importance of choosing a good title
Read MoreFrom Rick: In posts 2 and 3 in this series, I shared some thoughts and the motivations, for the design and redesign of the cover for Scott’s Martyr’s Inferno. I’m not done with that one, but I haven’t had more
Read MoreFor the next week, Punctuation For Fiction Writers is on sale at Smashwords and Amazon. From Rick: Last time, I showed you the first cover I designed for Scott’s Martyr’s Inferno and told the story of how it came about.
Read MoreFrom Rick: As I told you in part 1, professional cover designers (in the same vein as some editors), would have you believe that lowly individuals like you and me can’t and shouldn’t design our own covers (or edit our
Read MoreFrom Rick: I’ll be continuing my blog on Cover Design next week (I didn’t get it done in time for this week), but I wanted to share something relevant to that topic. I was revisiting an old Guest Post from
Read MoreTwo years ago, I did a four-part series on this topic. I’ve learned a lot since then, and at least a couple of things have changed in that time. One change is that I’m seeing more advertising from cover designers,
Read MoreFrom Rick: This week going to give you some tidbits of advice and a couple of worthwhile articles to read. USING SONG LYRICS IN YOUR BOOK—an important reminder— You cannot—I repeat you can NOT—use song lyrics in your book unless
Read MoreFrom Rick: Last time, I listed several design mistakes and offered some suggestions for selecting a cover design. In this installment, I’m going to give you some further thoughts to help you zero in on your cover design. I’ll give
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