A Gravemaidens . . . Comic Strip?! See My First Attempt at Sequential Art

This is something new and totally different than a lot of my other posts, but I'm really excited to share it with you! Especially given my spotty posting schedule. (Expect reviews for Crier's War by Nina Varela, Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett, The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey, Resurrection Girls by Ava …

Exclusive Cover Reveal & Excerpt: The Sound of Stars, Alechia Dow’s Sci-Fi Debut

I am over-the-moon to be able to share with you the exclusive cover reveal of Alechia Dow's upcoming science-fiction debut, The Sound of Stars--plus an excerpt of the prologue and first chapter! It's out on February 25th, 2020, so a bit of a wait, but it'll be well worth it for alien invasions! road trips! …

Wicked Fox Phone & Desktop Wallpapers! + My Review of This Engrossing Fantasy Romance

I've had this post planned for--whatfeelslike--ever, and *primal screams* I've been working on all the illustrations for it for months, and I'm just overjoyed to bring everything to you! It's been A Struggle to keep things quiet, but I'm just so happy I finally get to share it all with you! Wicked Fox was such …

Tutorial Time! #2: A Hopefully-Easy Guide to Adapting Book Covers Into Horizontal Headers (+walk-through videos!)

By popular demand, I’m so excited to bring to you this not-so-mini art tutorial on how to adapt book covers into horizontal headers! You probably know that all of my reviews are posted with full background headers, the graphic entirely relevant to the book cover. And today I’m going to show you how to do …

Tutorial Time! A Super Easy Guide to DIY Sprayed Pages (+ lots of photos!)

In the past year, sprayed pages have really grown in popularity--both publishers and book boxes creating special editions with colored edges! And so, today I wanted to bring you a tutorial on how I paint the edges of my books! I've done this three times and they've all been really successful, so I feel experienced enough …

From Concept to Final: The Rogue Treasure Book Box April Theme Card

I know I said I discontinued Tuesday posts, but what I truly said was "I'm discontinuing Tuesday posts unless there's something I want to write about/have to tell you." I just, y'know, didn't include the strikethrough part. #sorrynotsorry But I've got a super special surprise for you because I've recently been working with the lovely Jordyn …

Washi Tapes: What They Are & Why Everyone Should Own Them

This week we're taking a break from our regularly scheduled program, Cover Geek, for a different type of design post: a homage, you might call it, to washi tapes. But first, a little public service announcement: I'll be putting Tuesday posts (and similarly Cover Geek) on hold for a couple of weeks to a couple of months …

Cover Geek #24: Cover Twins

Have you ever seen a book cover and then taken a double take when you realized that it was a totally different book than what you thought it was? Well, that's what this week's cover geek is all about. Below are 5 sets of covers that I just seem to keep mixing up, but I …

Cover Geek #23: Matches & Ashes

This is a pretty short cover geek this week, but I wanted to talk about something I'm seeing pop up a lot in recent YA covers, and that is matches! Technically, there aren't really any ashes featured in this week's Cover Geek, but I wanted something that rhymed, so play along with me, yeah? So, …

Cover Geek #22: Dresses on Covers

Y'know a while back, YA used to be full of covers with pretty dresses on them? Well, that's what this week's Cover Geek is all about! I personally have nothing against lots of pretty dresses on covers (unless it ended up looking ugly, and that's a whole 'nother story). I know some people hate them with …