Working on book covers

 



While I do not (yet) keep this blog as busy as I originally planned to, I have not yet given up on my novel. I was close a few times - mainly on the days when I tried to share my excitement but was met with virtually no interest. It's not easy to keep going if you're the only one who actually supports you. And I am not very good at supporting myself sometimes - no, make that: most of the time.

Today, and yesterday, I did not feel like writing. I was just so demotivated and felt rather isolated from the world (I don't have any friends who I could just call, email, or ask for a visit when I feel down, and I think I have given up on the idea of ever having true friends). 

But I did not want to just let days pass without doing SOMETHING. And I ended up working on my book cover. I did more research and decided to try one of the links I saved from my research about creating book covers. There are two reasons for this: I cannot afford an excellent book cover designer, and the cheaper ones... well, I wouldn't want to buy a book with their covers.

The second reason is that only I know what my protagonist should look like. And I had an idea about what I wanted the cover to look like. I was not sure whether my skills would be good enough to create what I had in mind, but I positively surprised myself.

So, after an afternoon of playing around, I have the first draft of my book cover, very close to what I had in mind - and maybe even better. I think what I originally wanted would have been a little too cluttered. Sometimes, less is more!

I printed the cover and realized my printer definitely isn't made for such jobs. But it was nice to hold a printout of my cover in my hands. I wanted to go and share it with someone, but I know nobody here would actually care.

I could share it online, e.g. on Facebook, but I know that I'd get just one or two likes, no questions, no comments. And if I shared it on a different platform, there'd always be the risk of someone stealing the idea. So for now, it will just be hanging on my wall, hopefully motivating me - because my protagonist deserves to have her story told.

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