art and bookcover and bookcovers and case studies and covers and critiques and design and new work Sue Campbell on 03 Sep 2010
What’s not to love about zombie bunnies? Right?
I don’t often get to do a cover that presents so many fun possibilities. Well, everything I get to do in book design is fun, with the possible exception of endnotes, or maybe the 101st revision on a cover that started out pretty neat in the first go [...]
art and bookcovers and covers and critiques and design Sue Campbell on 22 Jul 2010
People often ask whether I follow trends in my book design. Well, yes and no. There are definitely trends. Definitely genre specific design “rules,” and definitely it goes in waves. I think that it’s just human nature to want to be one of the crowd. But is that the wisest choice in marketing? Apparently marketing [...]
Opinon and Trapdoor Books and art and author and bookcover and bookcovers and case studies and covers and critiques and design and fiction and marketing and new work Sue Campbell on 05 May 2010
After a hiatus that means I’m busy… I’m showing of some of my latest covers in the next few posts.
I love covers. I love the results, and I love the process. But I gotta tell ya, sometimes it’s painful. If you’re a writer/author I know you’ve heard (or lived through) horror stories about how “that [...]
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and books and color and covers and critiques and design and fiction and publishing Sue Campbell on 08 Feb 2010
The third book in the cover contest gets posted today! Which one do you pick?
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and books and color and covers and critiques and design Sue Campbell on 05 Feb 2010
I’m enjoying the discussions of the covers for Breath. The interesting thing about cover design is that it’s largely subjective. What appeals to people is depends on their backgrounds, their preferred genres, their cultures, education, socio-economic level, and gender among other things. With all the variables it’s a wonder we can agree on anything! But [...]
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and color and covers and critiques and design and new work and writing Sue Campbell on 03 Feb 2010
First let me apologize once again for how long it’s taken me to get these underway. All kinds of things just conspired against me having any time to work on them. Paying work has to come first, because, this is my job after all. Writing and holding contests are just my hobby! So here goes.
These [...]
writing Sue Campbell on 30 May 2009
OK, so … I’ve taken the plunge and sent a short story to a “real” publication, meaning one that publishes on paper and sells in bookstores. I’ve sent my story, “Identity Theft” to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. This mystery mag has been around forever, and I think, it qualifies as a “deep end” of magazine [...]
Quotes of note and author and writing Sue Campbell on 11 May 2009
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.” —Jack Handey
Yeah, That’s a joke.
critiques and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 07 May 2009
Sooner or later every writer needs a critique group. This post gives a list of How To Give and Get Good Critiques.
author and critiques and poetry and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 28 Apr 2009
It’s not often somebody writes a poem in your honor. When it happens it’s the sweetest thing, so I couldn’t resist. This is by a dear friend in my writer’s group, Yvette Francino, whose book, Laptop Dancer Diaries is sure to hit the bigtime—just you wait! She has a way with the rhyme too.
You’re a [...]
