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Thoughts on Writing – Analyzing the “Jessica Jones” TV Show

(Warning:I’ve only watched the first threeepisodes, and I have tried to avoid major spoilers, but read at your own risk).

Recently, my husband and I started watchingJessica Jones on Netflix. I was introduced to the show whilebrowsing througha CNN articlethat mentioned that David Tennant (Doctor Who’s tenth doctor)was playing Killgrave, a Marvel villain with mind control powers, and that the main character, Jessica Jones, has a few super powers of her own. Despite the article mentioning that t...

Thoughts on Publishing – Infinitas Publishing Status Report

It’s that time again! Time to evaluate the current status of Infinitas Publishing. :-)

The Wishing Blade: Magic’s Stealing:As of Monday, the first book is complete. Done. Finis. I’ve finished proofing the print edition and approved it through Createspace. I’ve also uploaded the updated versions to Smashwords and Kindle. If it has the Cirenan map in the preview, then it should be the updated edition.

Magic’s Stealing is now available in paperback! :-D

The Wishing Blade: The Shadow War (Book Tw...

Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Four of Magic’s Stealing

Well, Ihadplanned on getting this post up yesterday, but there was fun holiday decorating to attend to. Sothe videoa day late, but here is the reading of chapter four of Magic’s Stealing. In other news, I’ve finished proof-reading the print edition, which should be available on Amazon in a few days. :-D

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

I hope you enjoy this post. :-)

Thoughts on Writing – Tightening Prose to Improve a Scene

Isaac and I are getting close to having all the edits made to our most recent version of Battle Decks, which reminded me that I needed to continue editing the blog series that goes with it. So, at the most recent writer’s club meeting, I decided to work on episode fiveof The Multiverse Chronicles rather thanThe Shadow War, whichI’m currently doing background plotting and research for. Since The Multiverse Chronicles will start coming out before that book, I didn’t mind putting The Shadow War...

Behind the Scenes – Requiem In Red

A cover for Barking Rain Press. This is the sequel to Eine Kleine Murder by Kaye George. (Note that the publisher’s version of the cover is slightly different, and I modeled the sequel cover’s border around the main image after their version). For this cover, the publisher wanted to convey the dark mood of the book, along with a hint at the musical themes involved. They provided a couple possible background images and ideas, which I then put together in a rough comp. I also found the music sh...

Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Three of Magic’s Stealing

Today I’ve got another video blog post for you. I’m trying to move thevideo blogsto Mondays or Wednesdays to give me more time to prepare. In this one I’m reading chapter three of Magic’s Stealing. :-)

Here’s theYoutubelink in case you can’t see it.

You can hear the first chapter here.

Or chapter two here.

I’ve begun noticing a few tricks that are helpful when doing online readings.

The main one?

Slow down and enunciate.

This helps to prevent blurred phrases that don’t make sense once record...

Behind the Scenes – A Day Without a Night – Book Cover

This is a cover for Melange Books. We wanted to match thiswith the cover for the first bookin the series (Note: I did not make the cover for the first book), so we kept the black background and the same styles and general placement of the text. The author had a few ideas for symbols that they wanted to use, so they found the corresponding stock images. After tinkering a bit with placement, this is the final result:

Stock images from 123RF and Dollar Photo Club.

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Thoughts on Publishing – A Video Blog Post – Reading Chapter Two of Magic’s Stealing

Haha! I amfinally uploading the chapter two reading of Magic’s Stealing!I’m much more satisfied with this version, so I’m glad I didn’t rush this, even if it is two blog days later than I intended. I hope you enjoy it, too. :-)

Here’s theYoutubelink in case you can’t see it.

You can hear the first chapter here. :-)

Thoughts on Blogging – Video Blogs

For the past month, I’ve been experimenting with doing a weekly video blog post. The goal was to see if doing a video blog would allow me to spend more time writing fiction and working on Isaac’s and my tabletop games, rather than writing blog posts.

While doing video blogs is certainly fun (I enjoy reading thestories aloud), it doesn’t necessarily speed up the blogging process. Since I’ve just started learning how everything works (the Youtube editor, Premiere Pro…), it actually takes longer...

Behind the Scenes – Dark Spirits – Book Cover Remake

This is a cover for Rebekkah Ford. For this cover, we were revamping an older series of covers I did for her a few years ago. The goal was to more clearly give the books the paranormal romance aspect (rather than horror), and possibly center thebookstoward an older audience. (You can see the new cover for Beyond the Eyes here, and you can check out Rebekkah Ford’s website here).

Before:

After:

For the new covers, we chose models with visible faces, and we’ve been placing them in approxima...