How to improve your book cover designs using two Blender 3D tricks
I’ve been making covers for my books using Blender 3D from the very first one released back in 2015. I don’t consider myself a fantastic artist (my drawing skills are at the scribble level!) but I’ve got reasonably good at modeling, texturing, and all the rest of the things needed to create mostly pleasing images. […]
Fourth Time’s a Charm
I’ve finally finished my debut novel and I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished. But it’s involved far more work than I would have ever imagined. The delay in getting it into production has been a mixture of work related stress, lack of time to work on it, plus my many doubts about my ability. […]
The Longest Writer’s Journey
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” –Matsuo Basho When I started writing I often wondered how anyone managed to write a novel. They’re typically anything from seventy to a hundred and fifty thousand words and that’s a lot of words even on the short end. As it turned out the […]