One blackbird, not in a pie

Introducing…Blackbird Publishing! I love this so much!!! This image was designed by the very talented Drew Slaybaugh. I emailed him two weeks ago asking if he’d be interested, and an hour and a half later he sent me the first version. The only changes we’ve made have been to the font and background color –…

Ending and beginning

My first novel, With Perfect Clarity, is within inches of being published!!! The publishing logo will be done soon, I’m correcting all those pesky widows and orphans, and I just purchased my very first ISBN numbers. The last big step will be proofing the print version. I’m excited and nervous and happy!!! I’ll put up…

A rose by any other color

This post was intended to be about naming things, but while I was working on my assignment for the Cover Design workshop I’m taking, I realized that my current challenge involves color and visual elements at least as much as names. A few weeks ago we adopted a two year old dog from the Nebraska…