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I figured out what is weird about my back-pain meds…

Mu head feels like it is in two places at once. They gave me an anti-anxiety med for my back pain, which is supposed to work ad a muscle relaxer. I don’t know if it is helping my back at … Continue reading

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 2…

My daughter, Mollie, on the London Eye. Once again, I am not going to explain when these pictures were taken, because I did that in the first post of the series. Then again, I also said I wouldn’t post them … Continue reading

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I decided to start carving another tiki…

You know, because editing two novels and preparing them for self-publication, designing covers for the books, beginning work on a new novel, getting a kid ready to go away to college, working two part-time jobs,  all while trying to send … Continue reading

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

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…

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…

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…

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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I finished my latest novel… part 2…

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

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I finished my latest novel… part 1…

Some of you may recall that I was posting chapters of my newest novel, The Seven Kingdoms, as I was writing it… it is still there, the parts I posted, at least, under the button labeled: The Seven Kingdoms, in … Continue reading

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Let’s make this personal… the final chapter… maybe… I mean, you know how I am…

So, nobody really seemed interested in my advice to try out that cool, free internet site that let’s you do awesome stuff with any photo for free… but I already dug these two pictures up from old posts,that I just … Continue reading

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