This is some amazingly strong work. And while her armor isn’t quite practical, at least it’s better than a lot of ‘women’s armor’ you see in illustrations, made only for the male gaze and not actually any protective qualities. The…
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Cover Art Critique
Tagged with: amreading, art, author, authorlife, book cover, books, bookstagram, booktok, cover art, critique, dark fantasy, daylights damnation, fantasy, illustration, julian soriano, mustread
Posted in Art, Writing
Posted in Art, Writing
JUNE BOOKBUBGIVEAWAY
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Posted in Writing
Alas, there is a thing as Too Much Garlic.
I went to San Francisco for a weekend immersion Irish language course AND to visit my best friend, Kim. Kim took me to The Stinking Rose, a garlic restaurant just on the edge of Chinatown. With the basket of bread,…
June Kindle Unlimited Giveaway!
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Posted in Writing
Cover Art Critiques
This doesn’t look like your typical ‘hard science fiction’ cover, but I love it. It has that lovely limited color palette, and while the silhouettes don’t offer much detail, we don’t need much detail. We know there’s an ensemble cast,…
Tagged with: amreading, art, author, authorlife, book cover, books, bookstagram, booktok, cover art, critique, dark fantasy, fantasy, illustration, mary robinette kowal, mustread, science fiction, the calculating stars, ya adventure
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Posted in Art, Writing
Beauty
Beauty. Each and every one of us should stop to appreciate a glimpse of beauty every day. The sweet song of a bird at dawn. The dandelion struggling to grow through a crack in the sidewalk. The dew glistening on…
Book cover critique
This book cover is outside my normal area of genre, but it’s intriguing and well-crafted. I normally go for fantasy, historical fiction, or some adjacent genre, and this is cozy historical mystery. So, sort of adjacent, I suppose. The image…
Tagged with: amreading, art, author, authorlife, book cover, books, bookstagram, booktok, cover art, critique, dark fantasy, fantasy, illustration, mustread, the grain merchant, zara altair
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Posted in Art, Writing
Why don’t you have children?
They all ask the questions. Do you have kids? Why don’t you have children? Don’t you want children? When are you going to settle down and have a family? What if your partner wants them? I don’t know what I’d…
Summer Book Club Reads!
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Cover Art Critiques
Simple doesn’t have to mean boring. This cover uses that famous limited color pallete and an intriguing icon symbol with appropriate fonts to create an intriguing, strong cover. Now, I think the gilt on the edge frame and the title…
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Posted in Art, Writing
Portal to Fantasy Summer Kickoff Sale!
Portal to FantasySummer Kickoff Sale!June 1-30 Click HERE to get amazing fantasy summer reads!
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Posted in Writing
Historical fantasy, time travel adventure, and urban fantasy 