Tweet At this point, you’ve thought about what type of cover you want based on what your competition is doing. But looking at your competition is a small step in the larger part of making sure your book stays relevant to its genre. Without a solid idea of how your book genre relates to your finished cover, you […]
Tweet “The Cover Uncovered” will be a monthly post where I dissect the cover of a relatively recent book and take a look at what works, what doesn’t, and what you can learn from it. Non-fiction book covers can be tricky beasts. Most times there aren’t characters or scenery to show off, and it can […]
Tweet If life were simple, the design process would go something like this: You: “Hi, Designer. I want a book cover.” Designer: “Let me telepathically absorb exactly what you’re looking for and add a couple things to make it better.” The perfect finished cover is delivered in a day or two. Cue the high five. […]
Tweet Imagine you’re meeting a friend for lunch. You’ve pulled into the parking lot and two restaurants stand in front of you: one is a well known, polished chain restaurant that has mediocre, but familiar, food. The one next to it is named Bob’s Extraordinary Kitchen. The exterior is far from extraordinary: the paint is […]
Tweet “The Cover Uncovered” will be a monthly post where I dissect the cover of a relatively recent book and take a look at what works, what doesn’t, and what you can learn from it. Because I like to make life easier for me, I’m zipping right past all the small fish and going straight […]
Tweet Hi. Name’s Rachel. Let’s start off with a confession: I googled “how to write your first blog post.” Why? Because, unlike the rest of the lovely people on this blog, I haven’t written in the traditional, professional sense. The most fitting description of my writing career is “dabbler.” The most I’ve written for a […]
