A preview of the cover to my book (paperback)
Dreams of the Queen sci-fi/adventure/romance
Cass Baros has long dreamed of a an alien world of peace and belonging. Obsessed, she devotes her life to finding it, even if she has to pull apart the fabric of the universe and be the first person to step through. She finds her personal paradise, but discovers inner peace comes at a price.
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Cass Baros has long dreamed of a an alien world of peace and belonging. Obsessed, she devotes her life to finding it, even if she has to pull apart the fabric of the universe and be the first person to step through. She finds her personal paradise, but discovers inner peace comes at a price.
How much is ( Read more... )
Wasn't sure if I should point it out (but I thought you'd want to know), you've got a missed space on the forth line 'IT,EVEN' that you might want to fix before you send it. Sorry.
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Oh no, thanks for pointing it out! I read over that thing so many times, but there's always something. Hence the reason I order a single proof copy before the big 'release', lol! Plus, though I wanted to share my good news, several sets of others' eyes on this before a publish is always a good idea. So far, you're the only one who caught it (or said anything, lol!) After I posted it around, I also found an unnecessary comma I though I'd already edited out. Sigh, that's okay. Good thing my PS skills are getting better.
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Years of working with text in design I can spot a missing (or extra) space a mile away, I can't turn it off now. ;)
Getting something you've created back from the printers is one of the best feelings in the world - enjoy it and congratulations!
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I suck at graphic design. I'm a trad. artist since toddlerhood, so digital is slow for me but I'm getting better. If fact, I've already gone back and edited that error by 'erasing and creating a new comma' with the pixels. Quicker and easier than doing it over. The comma is just moved a bit closer to the previous letter, opening up the space from the 'E'. It should make it visually acceptable. And I edited out the extra comma and spot healed the area. No one else will ever know, muahahahaha!
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LOL, yeah graphic and text design isn't something I've done a lot of, but my learning curve isn't as steep as it used to be.
Thanks, I'm trying to be patient about the waiting. I'm hoping to have it by this Monday at the latest. It'll be the first time I'll ever hold one of my stories in full novel print format in my hands. *sigh* As easy as e-books are, I really want to do prints of paperback with it. Makes it more real. Plus, Lightning Source can also do hardback (if I ever decide I want a future book HB) And I'm still waiting to hear back from Tor. I figure if they love it, it won't matter if I go forward with my self-publishing. (50 Shades) and if they don't love, then it still doesn't matter.
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Typography is such a tricky beast. So many subtleties and unwritten rules, the main thing is almost to forget they are letters/words, view them as shapes and the space they occupy (and the space they don't), so many fonts are centuries old, each letter hand drawn to form a consistent family, beautiful objects in their own right. I think people forget that and don't give letter-forms the respect they are due, they are an art form. And then you have to reign it all back in and keep it legible, it's a fine line, the more you work with type, the better you become. It's a lot of fun.
*LOL - Can you tell it's something I'm quite passionate about?!* ;)
That's going to be some feeling holding a finished novel you've written in your hands! Be very proud of yourself.
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