In addition to the covers above, I’ve also worked on a couple more print book covers (still pending final approval), a couple more e-book covers (also pending final approval), a few magazine ads, and an illustration. I’ve gotten myself newly addicted to a game called MouseHunt, which actually helps my productivity. It’s rather a silly game with a simple concept—you have a mouse trap and some cheese, and you wait around for a mouse to get caught in your trap. Every mouse you catch earns you some gold, and with that gold you buy more cheese and bigger, better mouse traps.

I know, and this is my new work tool?

The thing is, you automatically get an hourly trap check, but if you really want to catch a lot of mice, you sound the hunting horn every 15 minutes and go mouse hunting with your friends. This means more opportunity to catch more mice and get more gold, so you can continue playing a game that at the heart has a concept that non-players just completely roll their eyes over.

…just like you are all rolling your eyes at me now. Hey, I know my worldview is weird, but don’t you judge me!

Anyway, I sound my hunting horn, then I work really hard for the next 15 minutes, telling myself, “I will have this thing done before the next hunting horn or else!” And before I know it, an entire day has come and gone, and I’ve not only cleaned the kitchen and the cat box, assisted in the cooking of a meal, and done some reading of a five pound tome, but I’ve also completed one print book cover, two e-book covers, and a full page magazine ad.

And that, my friends, is how you justify computer game addiction. 😉

Share this post: