Working on new cover drafts. This one uses a recent digital sketch, with handwritten text added.
(7 February 2019)
cover
The Lilac Years—new publication date
Since I am still working out a couple of persistent printing problems with the interior, I have pushed back the publication/on-sale date of The Lilac Years to April 16, 2018. This will give me enough time to make any changes necessary to eliminate or work around the problems I have encountered. Continue reading
The Lilac Years—proofs ordered
I have ordered printed proofs of The Lilac Years; I hope to have them in hand within the next couple of weeks.
More to come…
(8 February 2018)
The Lilac Years—March 16th!
Moments ago, I uploaded the cover and interior PDFs of The Lilac Years for review. Scheduled release date: March 16, 2018. Here is a look at the cover—front, back, and spine: Continue reading
The Lilac Years—new new cover draft
Here is my latest draft of the front cover for The Lilac Years:
I came up with this about two or three weeks back for another project; since I never submitted that iteration for consideration, I decided to appropriate it for my own nefarious purposes. I still like my ‘old’ design, but the simplicity of this one appeals to me. Plus I think it will stand out more.
Meanwhile, I continue to fine tune here and there. Stay tuned!
(25 January 2018)
The Lilac Years—new cover draft
Here is my latest draft of the cover for The Lilac Years:
I had placeholder text on the back that I needed to replace with something. Rather than add a blurb, preview one of the poems, or keep it all minimalist and get rid of the text altogether, I decided to add the list of words. I figure it gives some idea of what is in the book, piques curiosity (what are ‘wombats’ and ‘Harvey Keitel’ doing in a poetry collection?), and, in calling to mind those children’s books that list their vocabularies, adds an element of whimsy. I will sit with this for a couple of days before deciding whether or not to keep it—I am still waiting to hear about a couple of poems I have submitted to journals anyway.
Stay tuned!
(17 November 2017)
Dear Thursday… in production
Production on ‘Dear Thursday…’ is under way. After first preparing the Word file for the e-book version, I copied the contents into InDesign, then generated the interior PDF, which I have uploaded to IngramSpark (along with the cover, which you can see below) to start the process.
My target date for publication is November 27th—which will be ‘Cyber Monday’ this year. The pertinent information appears below.
Dear Thursday… cover art—first glance
The fourth year of my ongoing series of letters to the days of the week ended yesterday, so I am starting work on putting it in book form. To save myself some trouble, I am going to work on the e-book version first, since I catch a lot of mistakes that way.
Meanwhile, here is a look at the preliminary cover art for the upcoming ‘Dear Thursday…’:
This Is Fifty-three covers
Front covers for the two print editions of This Is Fifty-three:
The first one, with the huge, full-bleed photo, is for the full-color edition. The strip of grey/silver at the left is done on purpose. Since my artwork does not wrap around, there is no way to ensure that the edges of cover and spine line up properly every time. Therefore, I had the spine background spill over slightly to front and back covers, as if it were tape. The red strip along the right edge is there because I felt like putting it there. I may still get rid of it; for now, I will keep it there, at least through the first printed proof.
The more minimal, faux-constructivist one is for the stripped-down ‘Just the Words, Man’ edition, which will omit all of the images and graphic embellishments except for those marking the beginning and end of each section. I thought this would be a good way to differentiate between the two editions, as opposed to adding a subtitle or additional text to the same cover.
Also, I get to use two different covers. That’s always fun.
Here are the back covers:
(7 August 2016)
ART 53, day 43
This Is Fifty-Three, day 43
Getting closer to a cover. Here is what I have narrowed the choices down to:
Ordinary Average Thoughts 