Comments on: The Amateur’s Guide to a Professional Book Package: Part Three

By: J.M. Ney-Grimm

J.M. Ney-Grimm — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 16:07:00 +0000

Could you give the link to Part One? I enjoyed Parts Two and Three, but cannot find Part One!

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:02:00 +0000

In reply to Anne R. Allen. Thanks Anne!

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:02:00 +0000

In reply to Julie Glover. You're very welcome :-)

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:01:00 +0000

In reply to Will Hahn.

Actually, you don’t necessarily need to have someone draw it….Photoshop is an amazing tool and you can end up with artwork that looks hand-drawn, but actually started life as a photo. If you don’t know how, there’s tons of tutorials all over the web, especially YouTube 🙂 You can get the look, without drawing skills!

By: Will Hahn

Will Hahn — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:31:00 +0000

Thanks so much Melinda. Anne R. Allen put me onto you and I’m very glad to have the sad news confirmed. I write fantasy and yep, you need a drawn cover with specific elements. Maybe after I’m discovered I’ll be able to go back and re-face them all for paper. Sure. Meantime, cobbling these elements you named with a little PC design magic will have to do- and you hit on everything I was thinking in a nice concise list.
Now I can stop worrying, and go back to moping!

By: Anne R. Allen

Anne R. Allen — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:39:00 +0000

Super helpful! I’ll link to it from my blog on Sunday.

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:44:00 +0000

This series is SO helpful, Melinda! Thank you, thank you.