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Two Books on Writing: a Review

Victoria Mixon’s The Art & Craft of Fiction: a Practitioner’s Manual 2010, La Favorita Press The Review One of the frustrations when buying instructional books is determining if a book is written for someone of a similar skill level as yourself. In a break between writing, I spent five years …

Mysterious Skin cover

Dissecting a cover design, part one

Examples of Interesting Cover Design Before dissecting my own design process, I want to show you several cover designs that influenced my thinking. Note, the covers are presented at the sizes of the sources I’ve linked to, giving you a good idea of how they appear online. The exception is …

Typography, design & writing with K.M. Weiland

This week, I’m privileged to interview K.M. Weiland, author of two novels and 1 book on writing, as well as the blogger behind the award-winning writing site, Wordplay, and the multi-author blog, Author Culture. Hello, Katie. It’s truly an honor to have you here. It’s possible that since I’ve started …