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"Rocket Red: A Little Ant with a Big Dream" was su

"Rocket Red: A Little Ant with a Big Dream" was such a fun book to work on. I just found out it was featured in the Indie Section of @kirkus_reviews Magazine! (Sept 15 issue). Only 10% of Indie authors get featured.

"Angels and Earthworms: An Unexpected Journey to J

"Angels and Earthworms: An Unexpected Journey to Joy, Love, and Miracles | A Memoir" by @lorraine.segal will soon be making its debut so keep those eyeballs peeled! The ride is as fun-filled and topsy-turvy as this cover. Scroll slides to see how we started versus how we ended up. I love them both, but two very different vibes.

Lorraine has already won her first award and the book hasn't even officially released yet!

Shout out to @the_purple_snail for the earthworm trails, deceptively simple looking to create, as is all good art.

#coverdesign #memoir #berkeley #innerchild #goddess

And now a little something you can sink your teeth

And now a little something you can sink your teeth into. Or something that will sink its teeth into you rather. "Supremely Vicious" by @michdevinity was such a fun cover to design. The cat is white, but if you flip slides, you'll see a diorama that I setup in natural light and then in red light in order to get the comp I needed for this cover. My daughter's stuffed llama may or may not have been tied up and possibly harmed for the making of this cover in order for its hind leg to act as a tail.

Also a big thank you to @the_purple_snail for her digital art assistance with this cover. It's extremely difficult to find nonsexualized stock images of young girls and proved impossible to find one in the pose I needed here. I had to stitch together three different bodies to get the pose for the girl, and then she created the outline with cell shading for me to work with.

Edited by the one and only @shaylaleeraquel .

#horror #horrornovel #halloween #evilcats #catsofinstagram #selfpublishing

Every now and then, I stop working and let my hair

Every now and then, I stop working and let my hair down out of its messy bun. Even though I am the face of Martin Publishing Services, my husband and my kids also have roles within the company. My kids are artists who help me with cover designs in various aspects (custom art, color palette selection, critique), and my husband admins the 20K-member FB group (Self-Publishing Support Group). We all enjoyed ourselves at my little brother's wedding this weekend. Memories were made, and a good time was had by all! #thisisus

@the_purple_snail @ferdinandthelad

I usually discourage authors from using their face

I usually discourage authors from using their face on the cover, but when I saw this photo of @asiagreene , I knew it would make the perfect cover for "Worthy of Love." This book is filled with Asia's poetry and insights on how unconditional love impacts our daily lives. Asia is the first repeat performer in the history of @tedxportland and presented her spoken word poem "Audacious" at their Year 10 experience in August 2022.

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