Johann Thorsson
The rather lovely fellows over at This is Horror just announced the nominees for this year's This is Horror Awards. The categories are numerous and the books and stories are all very worthy. Also, and I think this is rather unusual for an award, they actually give readers a whole month to get their votes… Continue reading This Is Horror – Best Cover Art Nominees (and covers)
There are a few steps to getting a book out into the world. There's the actual writing, which is slow and uninteresting, but then there are fun parts. Bright shiny parts. Like thinking about possible covers. I remember making a cover myself, long ago, in an effort to help myself visualize the fact that one… Continue reading 10 Book Covers That I Really Like (also, homework)
Sometimes you see a cover and immediately know that you are going to buy the book. Dan Simmons' Drood is a great example of this for me. Below are two other covers I saw recently that I saw and just knew I had to own the books. 1. The Forest of Memory This is a forthcoming book… Continue reading These Two Covers are Just Jaw-Dropping
The great Sol Stein has this to say about titles in his excellent Stein on Writing: Venture into any bookstore and look at the titles of new novels on display. Take note of your reaction to the titles of books by authors you don't know. You'll see how many books don't tempt you to pick them up… Continue reading 5 Books With Surprisingly Bad Original Titles
This is pretty awesome. Check out the cover for Stephen King's upcoming Mr. Mercedes. How long until we see these all over amazon?
I recently bought an iPad, and it lets me take photos of stuff and share right away. I understand people do this with food and children. Not me. You see, I'm a book person and so I take photos of books. This is my recent loot from Barnes & Noble. The Cover of the excellent… Continue reading 7 Book Photos
On Books and Writing 