Tom and Piper
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
I have been giving a lot of thought to the title of my "untitled middle-grade" adventure. I did not worry about it before; I always assumed the title would jump out at me as I wrote. Adventures for children, even older children, need to have a title that clearly tells them "Read me, I am exactly the kind of book you want."
The original story was going to center on a male protagonist named Bill, but when it became an adventure for younger readers I felt I could write about a boy-girl team more effectively. A coworker suggested the name "Piper" for the girl, and...
Sunset Scene & Writing Update
Monday, August 13, 2018

Artist Selected!
Thursday, August 09, 2018

Artist Contest
Sunday, August 05, 2018
I have spent a few days looking at sample illustrations on a few online marketplaces where artists can be hired. I am planning on ordering chapter illustrations, so the artist I work with will need to be able to draw a basic scene from that chapter, then do it again for twelve to twenty more chapters. And perhaps as many as eight or ten books in the series. I may need a single artist to commit to creating two hundred illustrations, so hiring the right artist is critically important.
Why a single artist? If I write a series of novels, I want the illustrations to be consistent...
Daily Writing Prompts
Thursday, June 28, 2018
First, some news and updates.
I will not have much time for blogging or working on my novels until early August so that this site will be inactive for most of July. I do have some plans for this time; however, and thought I would share them with you.
I am starting to research book cover artists and will continue to look at the options through July. I do not have a title and will need a completed first draft to write the sales copy for a cover, so this is just research.
I am starting to search for an artist for the interior of my first fiction...
Writing vs. Dreaming
Monday, June 25, 2018
