• On Writing,  publishing

    Writing A Novel From a Cover

    Yes, An Old Pulp Trick… But I did it a number of times in the hundred-plus books I wrote in my days of traditional publishing. And I am writing a book now from a cover. And having a blast with it. What do I mean by writing a novel from a cover? Well, exactly that. The cover exists and I look at the cover and write the novel to fit the cover. The history of this tends to flow through many writers and far over a hundred years. In fact, at one point or another, most pulp writers were assigned to do this for a short story or a novel…

  • Cover Fun,  publishing,  workshops

    One Time Branding Workshop

    THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS WILL BE OFFERED… (Added note: Now full. Sorry.) Allyson Longueira, the publisher of WMG Publishing has offered to design a cover and help brand a series for a limited number of writers. For those of you who don’t know her, Allyson is an award-winning designer who also happens to have a masters degree in design. Over the years, Allyson helped writers with cover design in coast workshops here and for a short time we did a basic cover design workshop to help writers learn how to do covers. But this one-time short workshop is different. Working with you, Allyson will design a brand for your series and…