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How I designed the front Cover For The Lovers Pentacle
They say one should not judge a book by its cover. Sadly, we live in a world where the book cover is what sells the book. Only famous writers can get away with making a terrible front cover. I bet if Steven King used a poop as a front cover, it wouldn’t cause a dent in his sales. For the rest of us mere mortals, a lot of consideration goes into making a front cover. The front cover has to sell you the book, without lying about its content. I normally have three different flavors of front covers. The first...
Teresita Blanco’s Book Editing Process
Today, I wanted to talk about my writing process. It is about time I mention it. I wanted to focus on the editing process in specific. It is almost as important as plotting the book. The first edition of the books is done before I publish them. I never send a raw manuscript to the printing the press. The first thing I do is a grammar and spell check. Once that is out of the way, I read the entire book out loud. It is important to read the book out loud, even if you don’t have an audience. This...
I wrote a New Book The Lovers Pentacle
I recently completed a new book called The Lovers Pentacle. There person in the front cover is yours, truly. I have gotten into the habit of dressing up for some of the front covers. This time I am cosplaying as a Cuban psychic. I wore a white pajama, and a white scarf on my head. The only color comes from the bracelets and the tarot cards. We enlarged the cards in order to make them more visible to the audience. I am holding up the Lovers Card and the 5 Pentacles. Both cards feature a couple. The first couple is...
Saturnastra Karina Index
Karina takes place after the war. Her brother Marduke is reconstructing the capital city Veragerung. As the seat of power, it is the most important place in the entire Continent. As it happens whenever there is a major change in government, the education system is getting a nice, polished look. Even the army training has changed as well. If students want to learn magic, they no longer need to go elsewhere. They can learn it from the comfort of their own city. As for Karina, she is trying to find her own thing to do now that her own personal...
Karina Book Lesson 10: The Dangers of Binaries
It was the night before the last day of class. Karina’s husband had finally arrived, and they were playing with their cute little baby. It was the standard games adults have with wee kids. The kid would wake up for a half hour, and look about bored. On the meantime, the parents would speak gibberish, and make funny faces till the kid smile or laughed. In this respect, Karina and Letholdus were one and the same. While petting the little kid’s forehead with her pinky, Karina said, “I don’t know what to do with the final lesson.” “You could talk...