Looking for cover artist referrals (boosts welcome). Pay is $600 USD for a novel cover.
What I want:
Mr. Maybe and Dr. Don't is a non-traditional MG fantasy, with swords and magic and unusual woodland magical critters that need some art design. Whimsical without being farcical.
(In an ideal world the artist would also contribute some interior art, e.g. b/w frontispiece and/or chapter images. Price negotiable for that.) #amPublishing#WritersCoffeeClub#writing#artist
Ever wondered why Design Patterns didn't take off? Did you ever wonder how they became so all-pervasive but also so empty and soulless? Those were the sparking thoughts behind this book. It's taken four years of research and way too much of my spare time. Go check out Unresolved Forces: https://www.unresolvedforces.com/ #amwriting#ampublishing
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Tbh I used to wonder why Design Patterns did take off. I studied it as part of a college traineeship at the turn of the century and felt some lacked heuristics for any kind of real problemsolving.
I think that's why your chapter on criteria for patterns chymes well with my experience. You have an empirical approach to your writing style that I recall I missed in the GoF book.
"Alex, how can your ebooks be just $9? Isn't that a bit cheap these days?"
Yes, but my rich husband (err, day job) subsidizes the publication costs. What remains is the vig the distributor charges for putting the book on your phone.
If you're strapped for cash and want to read stuff, let me know and we'll work something out.
You’ll see discussions of this among book collectors, where earlier printings can be more valuable...
Or, yanno, among people like me who are just TOTAL DORKS
In fact this is the first time one of my books has had a second printing (YAY!), so I might actually go out and buy it so I can have a copy without the “1” there 🤣🤣🤣
But! What’s selling right now is the first printing still — it’s not sold through YET, it's just going fast — so if YOU want to be a book collecting dork and get a hardcover with the “1” in it, you still can!
Calling all Lit Agents / authors / query-letter writers - I submitted my draft query letter to Reddit for feedback - would you like to give me feedback, too?
On nom de plume's Mastodon account, I unfolllowed all but the instance admin and also unfollowed groups and hashtags. I brought what I liked over here. Gonna give it a day or so to see what else shows up in the feed and do the same (unfollow there, follow here).