Tag: fantasy book cover

How to get the best out of your book cover artist Writing a brief for your book cover artist can be really tricky. You’ve worked tirelessly to create a world that’s nuanced and unique, and you want to portray that to your prospective audience. This isn’t any old fantasy, this

Reptilian Fantasy Book Cover With one of the most unique pen names I’ve worked with, No-Creative-Name (I will honour the author’s true identity!), commissioned me to work on a very cool concept. I’ve done dragons, I’ve done fantasy, but I’ve never partaken in reptilian fantasy artwork before this. I loved

Book Cover Design Tips – The single biggest mistake you don’t want to make… A book cover gives your prospective reader their first insight into the story within. If it’s going to be suitable for them, and they will invest their time and money in your writing. That’s what they

Top Ten Fantasy Tropes for Authors In my quest (pun intended) for fantasy genre work, I love digging around for details on what makes fantasy authors and artists tick. Fantasy has been shaped over hundreds of years from mythology spanning continents, through to works of fiction by CS Lewis and

What is a hybrid author? Hybrid authors are writers who publish their work through both traditional publishing and self-publishing avenues. . This trend is great for the self-publishing community as it highlights a growing acceptance of self-publishing as a legitimate avenue for authors to maintain creative control and reach their