Showing posts with label The Mad Hatter's Thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Mad Hatter's Thoughts. Show all posts
Monday, August 8, 2011
My covers
Hi everyone, so I got an email from a follower asking if I could post some of the covers that I made using photoshop. Mind you I am not very good at using photoshop, so be easy on me...
Hope you enjoy.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
My Author's Blog
Hi guys, I just posted a new chapter for my novel, The Last Valkyrie, and would love for you guys to check it out if you want. Feel free to tear it apart if you like and leave comments on it. Thanks so much. Here's the little thing that transports you HERE....(i really enjoy that)
-Lea
-Lea
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
What is your Inspiration? Part 2
So I've been mostly reading and/or watching movies for the last few weeks or so, but as I contemplated whether or not I wanted to self publish or go mainstream, I browsed one of the authors I enjoyed reading, Keary Taylor, author of the Fall of Angels series. She makes amazing covers for a very good price and I enjoy hr work (though i have yet to sample it myself).
Anywho, her covers are outstanding to say the least. The Color. Detail. Effort. And love that is put into each one is outstanding. (Did I say that already?) As I gazed in lust at them, a lightbulb ignited in my mind.
I want to self publish.
I browsed google to try my hand at making covers. I downloaded the trial of Photoshop and Indesign because let me tell you, they are BLOODY EXPENSIVE. Maybe $600 a pop. I absolutely cannot afford that. But I completed maybe two covers on the Indesign software and I think they're decent. One is for Athena's Medallion and the other is for another series I started called The Last Valkyrie.
Let me tell you. It takes hours to try and understand what you have to do using Photoshop and such. Very difficult. But anyway book covers were my new inspirations and I enjoyed having the new flow of ideas come through.
You can check out Keary's website or blog at: www.kearytaylor.com
**If you want to see the covers I made, just leave a comment below and I'll post it up.
Cheers!
Lea
Anywho, her covers are outstanding to say the least. The Color. Detail. Effort. And love that is put into each one is outstanding. (Did I say that already?) As I gazed in lust at them, a lightbulb ignited in my mind.
I want to self publish.
I browsed google to try my hand at making covers. I downloaded the trial of Photoshop and Indesign because let me tell you, they are BLOODY EXPENSIVE. Maybe $600 a pop. I absolutely cannot afford that. But I completed maybe two covers on the Indesign software and I think they're decent. One is for Athena's Medallion and the other is for another series I started called The Last Valkyrie.
Let me tell you. It takes hours to try and understand what you have to do using Photoshop and such. Very difficult. But anyway book covers were my new inspirations and I enjoyed having the new flow of ideas come through.
You can check out Keary's website or blog at: www.kearytaylor.com
**If you want to see the covers I made, just leave a comment below and I'll post it up.
Cheers!
Lea
Monday, June 6, 2011
What is your inspiration?
So lately I've been doing a lot of revising on my other projects besides Athena's Medallion. For some reason, I just couldn't look at that manuscript. I guess you could say I lost the drive and love that I had for it.
Of Course I've been working on it for about two years now, so getting tired of it was inevitable, but I didn't think I would hate the sight of it. So I threw all the pages into a pile in a corner of my work room and refused to look at it.
When I began Athena's Medallion, all of my characters were shadows in my subconscious. I could see them, but not clearly, like they were shades of themselves. There are two characters in my novel that I could see clearly. Aiden and Hemera. Hemera was easy for me because I could relate to her and everything she went through.
But then there's Aiden. He is the most difficult character that I've ever deal with. Perhaps because he's a part of me. You might hear some authors explain to their readers that their characters speak to them. It's true. Aiden tells me what to write for his part, majority of the time I get it wrong, which causes us to fight, but I try to get it as best as I can.
Over the past couple of weeks, Aiden and I have been fighting (nonstop, do I sound crazy yet?). We don't agree on things that I think should be changed (yep, definitely crazy). So I blocked him out and officially ended up with writer's block.
I was at a loss until perhaps two days ago when I browsed the net looking for pictures. Then suddenly, it popped out of nowhere. A picture. THE PICTURE. I finally found a person in this entire world that reminds me of Aiden. He practically looks just like him. In that one moment, I was inspired to continue writing Aiden's story.
My inspiration came from a picture. One picture gave me the boost to continue with a goal that I've had since the golden ages. Aiden and I are back on speaking terms and now I'm doing more writing than I have in a while.
Is there anything that has inspired you to continue something you love??? Please give me your thoughts and opinions.
Of Course I've been working on it for about two years now, so getting tired of it was inevitable, but I didn't think I would hate the sight of it. So I threw all the pages into a pile in a corner of my work room and refused to look at it.
When I began Athena's Medallion, all of my characters were shadows in my subconscious. I could see them, but not clearly, like they were shades of themselves. There are two characters in my novel that I could see clearly. Aiden and Hemera. Hemera was easy for me because I could relate to her and everything she went through.
But then there's Aiden. He is the most difficult character that I've ever deal with. Perhaps because he's a part of me. You might hear some authors explain to their readers that their characters speak to them. It's true. Aiden tells me what to write for his part, majority of the time I get it wrong, which causes us to fight, but I try to get it as best as I can.
Over the past couple of weeks, Aiden and I have been fighting (nonstop, do I sound crazy yet?). We don't agree on things that I think should be changed (yep, definitely crazy). So I blocked him out and officially ended up with writer's block.
I was at a loss until perhaps two days ago when I browsed the net looking for pictures. Then suddenly, it popped out of nowhere. A picture. THE PICTURE. I finally found a person in this entire world that reminds me of Aiden. He practically looks just like him. In that one moment, I was inspired to continue writing Aiden's story.
My inspiration came from a picture. One picture gave me the boost to continue with a goal that I've had since the golden ages. Aiden and I are back on speaking terms and now I'm doing more writing than I have in a while.
Is there anything that has inspired you to continue something you love??? Please give me your thoughts and opinions.
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