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We have less than a month before the @RealmMakers

We have less than a month before the @RealmMakers conference in St. Louis! What’s on your packing list? Here’s mine: 👇🏻👇🏻 1. 📋A list of goals. Writer’s conferences are FAST moving, and it’s easy to get swept along with all the happenings. To make the most of your time, I found it helpful to go into the event with concrete goals. Sometimes it’s “pitch my novel.” Sometimes it’s just “research a specific publisher.” This year, I want to get eyes on my query letter and weigh the pros and cons of indie vs trad publishing. 2. 🗒️One Sheets. This is your book’s one page “resume” that you hand publishers and agents during your pitch sessions. They don’t have to be fancy, but it’s important to share the title, word count, genre, plot synopsis, and a short author bio. For mine, I also like to list tropes and themes in a bulleted list down the side. 3. 📚Books for autographs! There are so many amazing authors who attend writer’s conferences, and it can be a great place to get your books signed and spend one-on-one time with your favorite authors. Just be sure to leave room in your suitcase for more, because you’ll definitely be returning home with more books than you brought. 4. ♣️Business cards. Even if you’re just starting out, sharing a business card means sharing a connection. Leave them on public tables, and end every conversation by swapping with others. Including your face, name, and business type on your card helps people remember you long after the conference is over. 5. 🔥Most importantly… COSPLAY. Not every writer’s conference does this, but if you’re attending Realm Makers this year, you’ll want to participate in the annual costume party. People go all out, showing their unique creativity beyond just writing. What did I miss? What packing advice would you give to a first-time attendee? And, most importantly, who are you cosplaying as??? #RealmMakers #writersconferences #writingadvice

I’m SUPER excited to share that Daughter of Light

I’m SUPER excited to share that Daughter of Light by @morganlbusse is a Realm Award finalist for best book cover design! This is the first time one of my covers has made it to the short list! Daughter of Light is particularly special to me. I went to pitch my novel to Steve Laube at Realm Makers, and though he enjoyed my concept, he was far more interested in the words “cover designer” on my business card. A 15 minute pitch session became 45, and by the end of the conference, I had an assignment that would serve as my application to Enclave’s design team: redesign Daughter of Light. When I turned in my draft (which ended up being the final), Enclave immediately hired me to complete the series as official re-covers. I’m deeply thankful to Steve and the rest of Enclave for taking a chance on me. Designing for Enclave has opened so many doors, and I’m excited to continue doing what I love! Congrats to the other four finalists, as well as the others in additional categories! #realmawards #coverdesign #designprocess

Design a book cover with me! I loved the chance t

Design a book cover with me! I loved the chance to design @mariposa.aristeo’s newest novel, KINGS OF DAWN & DUSK, releasing this November from @enclavepublishing! This YA retelling of The Prince and the Pauper is the sequel to Sons of Day & Night and is available to preorder in hardcover today on Amazon or through Enclave’s direct store at a 20% discount. Like the first book, I wanted to design the cover to convey symmetry, echoing the twin element to the story. If you look closely, the cracks in the cover are all still exactly symmetrical, with a couple of intentional pieces pulling away on their own to “break” the symmetry, just like the cracks have broken Twinsbane in the novel. I also made use of a kitsungi texture to add additional breaks and layers of interest. (For those who don’t know, kitsungi is the Japanese pottery art form of filling cracks with gold.) I really enjoyed working on the sequel cover, but my computer didn’t. Although the swirls look simple, they’re actually a complex amalgamation of masks and groups to trick the eye into thinking that the swirls are overlapping each other. With the swirls, cracks, and extra textures and leaves, the dust jacket file has at least a hundred layers/adjustments, and is over 2GB in size. 😬 Thank you to Enclave for continued opportunities! I love designing for you! And congrats to Mariposa for a successful cover reveal day! 🥳 ☀️ ABOUT THE BOOK: 🌙 The giant cracks fissuring the kingdom of Twinsbane threaten to divide the world into eternal day and night. Many believe the rift is a divine sign to sever the last connection between every twin, but the truth is far darker than anyone could imagine. With no one left to trust, King Daccias turns to his doppelgänger, Waruu, in hopes of vanquishing the Separator’s power over the land. But to restore the kingdom and right the wrongs of the past, both boys must be willing to sacrifice everything—including each other. #mariposaaristeo #enclavepublishing #sonsofdayandnight #chroniclesoftwinsbane #retellings theprinceandthepauper classicsretold coverdesignprocess

Happy to announce that two of my cover designs wer

Happy to announce that two of my cover designs were selected as semi-finalists for this year’s Realm Awards! (Swipe to see the full designs.) Daughter of Light remains one of my all-time favorite designs. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to re-cover the series for Enclave Publishing, and it’s since opened the doors for many more exciting projects. Wave of Disruption pushed me into new territory, encouraging me to take the plunge into better stock photography and try some out-of-the-box thinking. It directly influenced how I approach cover design, and gave me the confidence to try more ambitious projects. Congrats to the other eight entries in the Cover Design category, and the rest of the semi-finalists across the board!

Happy to reveal the cover for @lyndseylewellen’s n

Happy to reveal the cover for @lyndseylewellen’s new time travel fantasy, KARABOS! I really enjoyed designing this one—the vertical title was a gamble, but I love how it fell right down the center of the scarab, and I thought it had a slight Egyptian hieroglyphic look to it, which of course lends itself well to the plot of the novel. I also love the font for this one… it’s equal parts sci-fi and ancient civilization, which works so well for this series. KARABOS releases in October from @enclavepublishing, but you can preorder the hardback now through Amazon or directly on Enclave’s website (20% discount). ABOUT THE NOVEL: When sixteen-year-old homeschooled entomologist Winslet Nubek enters the elite, insect-hunting Tournament of Scarabs to save her family from ruin, she expects danger and magic bugs. Not time travel. Paired with a resentful cartographer, Rafe, who doubts her every move, Winslet accidentally triggers a forbidden time scarab and launches them both into volatile jumps through an ancient world. As they struggle to hide their condition and stay in the competition, their time slips reveal buried truths about the scarabs—and the lies their glittering society is built on. With sinister forces closing in, Winslet and Rafe must capture legendary insects and expose the truth before the past bleeds into the present and destroys them both. #karabos #enclavepublishing #lyndseylewellen #yafantastybooks #timetravelbooks

I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to the jo

I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to the journalism and graphic design students at Patrick Henry College this week! We talked about the science of book design, philosophy of freelancing, and how to launch your career in the cover industry. Quite a few of my author friends received shoutouts because I like examples (the students learned that Amish Vampires in Space is a real book, and it’s the only time you can get away with putting vampires on the cover of an Amish fiction). We had a lot of fun analyzing different examples, studying previous versions, and comparing them with new editions. The whole thing was a blast, and I would absolutely do this again in a heartbeat! Special thanks to the fantastic Gabrielle, who not only sneaked photos for my mom, but was also the one who pulled this thing together and made it happen!

You all have NO concept of how hyped I am for this

You all have NO concept of how hyped I am for this movie… This is the most excited I’ve been all year, NO CONTEST. Project Hail Mary is a phenomenal book, and after I read it, I hooked my brother, my mom, my other brother, my sister in law—and the unofficial book club has just grown from there. This movie is shaping up to be my new favorite film ever ohmyword it is time gooooo #projecthailmaryfanart #ryangosling #bestmovieever

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Maelle is probably one of the best written video g

Maelle is probably one of the best written video game characters we’ve seen in years. Seriously, if you don’t know this game, drop everything and go play it (or, at the very least, find the cutscenes on YouTube because it’s just that good). It’s a true skill when a game can make you bust out laughing and then break your heart all within the same story. Not to mention the stunning art direction, acting, and top tier soundtrack. Expedition 33 really puts AAA games to shame, even more so because the studio started as ex-Ubisoft employees who were sick of the bureaucracy in the game industry. If this game doesn’t win Game of the Year, there’ll be a riot. #expedition33 #maelle

Expedition 33 is the best game of 2025, and Maelle

Expedition 33 is the best game of 2025, and Maelle is my current favorite redhead. (She also deserves better. Someone give this girl a hug….) Oh, and look…Jenneth is changing her art style again. #clairobscur #expedition33 #maelle #verso

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