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NaNoWriMo Authors Welcome

NaNoWriMo Authors Welcome

I have a literature/writing degree, and I work in publishing, but strangely I’ve never published a novel. Coloring book, yes. Novel, no. I’ve also never participated in NaNoWriMo — the yearly event called the National Novel Writing Month which happens every November, a month during which most people have absolutely no time to do anything like write. November is the start of the big holidays, with Thanksgiving kicking off the Christmas shopping season. Before that, people are working their tails off…

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What I’m Doing in Social Media

What I’m Doing in Social Media

Careers in social media exist now. I saw how big they were in my job hunt and thought perhaps my background in blogging could get me a position somewhere managing a company’s social media accounts. Nope. Big nope. Never mind my years of experience creating content for this blog, since before 2000, a wide and deep range of creative and original content that regularly engaged readers and prompted them to interact and participate. Never mind my ability to build an…

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Seducing the Hermit
Behind the Cover: Seducing the Hermit

Behind the Cover: Seducing the Hermit

Seducing the Hermit was published back in 2007. The author is Suz deMello, with whom I’ve worked before, and bless her heart—she specifically requests my cartoon covers, AND she is one of the very few whose books actually justify the illustration style. The last time I worked with Suz was for the cover The Wilder Brother, and we went through so many drafts doing that cover that I decided to skip all the potential communication problems and read the manuscript…

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Hello again.

Hello again.

I’m born anew — or at least attempting such. I don’t mean a half-hearted single post every year or so either. I mean a full-fledged rise from the ashes with a return to posting regularity and a wary embrace of the public. I hid for a long while because life got hard and things got personal. Circumstances changed enormously. I got lost for a while and lacked direction, but I kept moving because at least I had my work. And then…

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Guest Blogging at Valerie Tibbs’s Blog

Guest Blogging at Valerie Tibbs’s Blog

Just dropping in for a quick note. After I posted one of my latest cover work onto my Facebook page, my friend and fellow cover artist Valerie Tibbs asked me to guest blog at International Heat. So, today I’m blogging about a book cover I designed for Kimberly D. Woods’ Dark Angel. You can find it here. Share this post: