As I said in my last post, I am trying my best to get shit done. I have been making some new book covers as some of my books are in need and if you read my last post, I clearly can't afford book covers (if I hear anyone say a premade is only $50 or whatever, I can't afford that $50, I've been dealing with housing problems all year, however, although I can't really afford it because it is for a long term thing in putting my portfolio together so I can seek employment as I intended when I finished university all those years ago, I do have Adobe and one month of Adobe is the cost of one very cheap premade book cover, I've made quite a few so far, plus numerous social media posts, Story Time etc so it is paying for itself as I put together my portfolio, which I really need to get better at and make it more diverse but I do have a good few years to do so, I don't plan on searching for a new job, preferably in a different country under a different name until my son finishes school, but otherwise, back down south).
The first new one is for Ketamine Addicted Pandas, which I have put forward for the Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl.
The first new one is for Ketamine Addicted Pandas, which I have put forward for the Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl.
Then I did Stef and Tucker Book Two Jordan because that cover was horrific, especially when compared to the third Stef and Tucker book (Flowering Penises). The entire Stef and Tucker series can be purchased here.
Then I gave a new cover to the first Stef and Tucker book. I don't plan on updating the other three Stef and Tucker covers, especially that third one which is a freehand GIMP masterpiece of flowering penises. It did take a few updates to get amazon to approve it because the back text blended into the background no matter what colour I tried (in the end, I partially erased part of the background). I do plan on at least releasing Stef and Tucker 6: Anal Exorcism in 2024. I wrote it in note form last year, so it is there and then going back to my notes from 2015-2016 for the Stef and Tucker book that follows that one (I can't remember the title, but I guess this is what happens when you can finally return to some older projects).
Then I made a brand new book cover for January's godless release. This one actually took hours. Each one of those needles and stars needed to be individually sized and placed even though the entire thing was done in Adobe Express and Photoshop Express, which are a lot simpler than Photoshop itself (I did the bulk of the other covers in Photoshop, which is fun relearning, although I only can use it on the iPad right now, I still need to sort the harddrive on this computer to run that and InDesign and possibly Illustrator, but I don't want to talk about Illustrator, for now, the iPad fulfils all my film editing needs, although we shall see when I go to create a new title sequence for Story Time).
And if you've been following my social media, especially instagram, I have been making some pretty posts. This one is for There Are No Dogs This Christmas and The Dog Dies At The End, both of which are exclusive to godless. I've been trying to at least run my selfies through Lightroom to get used to using it but I don't always have time.
I don't know when I'll next get to post. I'm trying my best to get stuff done and boost my book sales while I have a brief break from dealing with this awful house that should have been fixed properly 8 years ago (or is it 9 now?). I have recently released a new print onto Redbubble as well. Hopefully, I'll be caught up soon and won't have to relive the trauma of 2008-2018 (although if I do, at least I can be single while doing it so it won't be as traumatic and I'll be able to bounce back quicker).