Category Archives: fiction

Otherwheres Collide… (A humorous science fiction thriller)… Chapter 1…

Posted on December 1, 2017 by pouringmyartout

(Author’s Note)… It did seem obvious, as I reread this draft of the fourth book in my action/humor science fiction series: ‘The Otherwhere Chronicles’, that it might take you a while to get up to speed if you don’t know … Continue reading →

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Well that sucks…

Posted on July 5, 2017 by pouringmyartout

It turns out that the name of my new novel: The Seven Kingdoms… is already a trilogy of books about the Game Of Thrones world. So we need to come up with a new name. Off the top of my … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 5…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Well, this one has more princess, which I like. And I darkened up the foliage a little. Is that still too cluttered?

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 4…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Another quick layout idea for the cover art for the new book. This one has the princess… AKA my daughter, Mollie… I like the grey background better than the white, but I still think it needs some foliage. And yes, … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 3…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

This is about as simple an idea for a book cover as you could possibly come up with. A plain, white background. I like the font. But I miss the princess. I want to come up with a way to … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 2…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Admittedly, the first of my ideas for a cover for the new book was a little too… crowded? claustrophobic? busy? This one captures the fact that the seven kingdoms are all individual islands. It also captures the fact that our … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 1…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that is a quick mock-up of a very simple design. There is still a lot we could do with that. We could use filters in Photoshop to make the photo of my daughter more faded. Or, we could get … Continue reading →

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I finished my latest novel… part 2…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

So, it is time to make a book cover! As I said, I am doing it all, right here, on the blog. And yes, I am using my younger daughter as the model. She is supposed to be Princess Hildread … Continue reading →