'Making of' Monday [v.1]

January 27, 2014

As you probably guessed, today is the first of a series of weekly posts called 'Making of' Mondays. When I launched my writing and design business, one of the things I wanted to do was to blog about the cover-making process (without giving up too many of my secrets, of course!). Every Monday, I'll share a completed cover alongside the pre-Photoshopped images I used to create it.

Without further ado...


This is the cover of a novella I'm currently working on. (If you're interested, you can read more about it here.) I should mention that a long word like "Transgression" makes cover design more difficult because, well, WHERE the hell is that behemoth supposed to go and HOW the hell am I going to make it visually compelling/readable? The struggle is real.

I'm so glad it crossed my mind to split the title into three lines—the difference it made was unbelievable.


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  1. UnknownJanuary 28, 2014 at 4:22 PM

    So did you do that cover yourself then? Very cool. I agree that splitting into three lines works well. I am about to publish another novel and I have to think of HOW to do the cover. Of course, I need to come up with the title first. lol. Good work.

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  2. KatJanuary 28, 2014 at 8:56 PM

    I sure did. :D

    Good luck with your novel and finding that perfect title. Should you need any help with your cover, hit me up!

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