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January 24, 2016
Last Day to Enter Goodreads Giveaway for Magic’s Stealing
Just a quick heads up– it’s the last day to enter the Goodreads Giveaway for a chance to win a signed, paperback copy of Magic’s Stealing. :-)
(Note: This giveaway is currently only open to US entrants.
I hope to run another giveaway later this year that’s open to multiple countries, so please let me know which countries you want to see available for the next giveaway, so I can get shipping estimates from the local post office.)
January 22, 2016
Infinitas Publishing – Upcoming Events
Today we’re excited to announce two upcoming events for Infinitas Publishing!
First, we have a book signing for Magic’s Stealing at Reader’s World in Sedalia, Missouri on Friday, January 29th. Author Stephanie Flint will be signing copies of Magic’s Stealing.
Second, we are debuting our upcoming game, Battle Decks: Trials of Blood and Steel, at an all-new convention: Stealth Con! Learn more about Stealth Con by clicking here. We’ll be giving out trial copies of the game (while supplies last)...
January 20, 2016
Behind the Scenes – A Wolf Slayer Saga: Sword of Doom
This is a cover for Melange Books. For this cover, we based the style on the first book, Dragon Sword(See the cover of the first book here). The wolf at the top of the cover is the same, as is the placement of the text, and the border on the right side of the book. We also used the same model, though I used two separate images to get the right mood for the cover. I also did a bit of work with the puppet warp and liquefy tools in Photoshop CS6 to get the right build for the character (You can...
January 18, 2016
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Ten of Magic’s Stealing
Today I’m reading chapter ten of my young adult fantasy, Magic’s Stealing. Not much else in the news for now, other than continued progress on Battle Decks: Trials of Blood and Steel (I think it’s safe to say we’re releasing inFebruary!) and continued progress on writing and editing The Shadow War. :-D
Click herefor the link if you can’t see the video.
January 13, 2016
Thoughts on Everything – A Cover Contest, A Giveaway, And A Bit of Twitter Fun
Today I’ve got a few various bits of news to share,from a fun cover contest, a Goodreads giveaway for Magic’s Stealing, and a bit of fun that can be had on Twitter. :-)
Starting off…
Author Shout Cover Wars Contest
Last week, Paul Ferrante’s book, The Curse of the Fairfield Witch(which I did the book cover for), won the Author Shout Cover Wars contest and is currently this week’s Book of the Week.
Cover Wars isa fun contest that pits book covers head-to-head to see which can get the most vote...
January 11, 2016
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Nine of Magic’s Stealing
Today I’m doing a reading of chapter nine from Magic’s Stealing, my YA fantasy novella. I’m using my new microphone, plus, I havea few updates regarding some of the other projects you should see coming soon from Infinitas Publishing. :-D
Click herefor the link if you can’t see the video.
January 8, 2016
Behind The Scenes – The Devil’s Third Book Cover Remake
Lately, I’ve been working on remaking the book covers for Rebekkah Ford’s Beyond the Eyes trilogy, and I just finished remaking the cover for the final book, The Devil’s Third. (You can see the other two book covers remade: Beyond the Eyes and Dark Spirits).
For the updated version, we settled on using an angel as the character on the cover. The author found a couple images she liked (we cycled through a few before choosing these two), and got the advice of her fans before settling on the cur...
January 6, 2016
Thoughts on Writing – How Genres Are Like Different Types of Stores
The other day, I had the thought that book genres are like different stores. I’m not really sure how I gotto that particular idea, but it stuck around. So, today, I’m going to delve into that analogy.
Genres are like stores.
You have all kinds of stores. Big stores, small stores. General stores, clothes stores, game shops, book stores, specialty stores.
Each type of store has certain things that make it that particular type of store, just like a genre will have particular elements that make i...
January 4, 2016
Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Eight of Magic’s Stealing
Today I’m doing areading of chapter eight from my YA Fantasy,Magic’s Stealing. Better yet, I’m using my all-new Blue Yeti microphone I got for Christmas (Thanks Mom and Dad!). :-D
The sound should now be clearer than before, but since I’m still new to using the microphone, I may still need to make a few adjustments to get the best sound quality. Let me know if anything in particular stands out to you, or if it sounds good as-is.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy listening to chapter eight. :-...
January 1, 2016
Thoughts on Publishing – Infinitas Publishing Status Report
First day of the new year, and time for a status report. :-)
Magic’s Stealing: I’m currently working on promotingMagic’s Stealing. Primarily, I’ve been looking to get this book into local bookstores (Threenearby stores currently carry copies of the book. Woot!) The next step is holding book signingsto raise awareness of the book’s existence. I’m also planning to hold a Goodreads give-away, so look for that to come soon. Isaac and I intend to get a P.O. Box so we don’t have to use our personal...
