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Editing and Art

Well, I’ve got about ten pages to edit on my WIP – YAY! Then again, who knows when I’ll get to it again? I’m hoping to chip away at it tonight, but I’ve been getting distracted a bit lately. Even with commissions closed on Melchelle Designs, I’m still being asked to make custom book covers. And I have a hard time saying no, especially when it’s an author pal I’ve met through my blog. I can’t say no to you guys–you’re awesome!

The wedding this past weekend was great! I’m so happy for my brother-in-law. And my son was so adorable in his tie–which he kept calling a bow, making him even cuter.

Check him out…

(P.S. You can click any image to view a larger version in my gallery.)

2013 © M.S. Fowle

2013 © M.S. Fowle

No–no pics of me yet. I took a million photos with our phones, but NONE OF THEM CAME OUT! They were all blurry. So, I’m waiting for a few people to email some of their photos to me.

But I have uploaded a few new pieces to My Artwork, if you’d like to see.

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This one, Forest Fae, used A LOT of stock and took what felt like forever to finish. I honestly can’t remember if I’ve shown you this one or not…

Forest Fae by M.S. Fowle

Forest Fae
by M.S. Fowle

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Lady Valentine was made for a contest. I didn’t win, but it was still fun to create. The hair actually bothers me–it didn’t come out how I wanted…

Lady Valentine by M.S. Fowle

Lady Valentine
by M.S. Fowle

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Finally, this is Graveleigh–a graveyard princess of sorts. I’m very happy with how she turned out…

Graveleigh by M.S. Fowle

Graveleigh
by M.S. Fowle

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One last thing and then I’ll leave you alone.

A while back, I made a custom book cover for Out of Darkness by author Jason D. Morrow. He liked it so much that he asked me to redo the covers for his trilogy, The Marenon Chronicles. Initially, we had planned to create all new artwork, but things just didn’t work out that way. So instead, he got permission from the original artist for me to give his covers a makeover.

The covers in the top row are the originals and the bottom row are the enhanced versions…

Click to Find Jason on Amazon

Click to Find
Jason on Amazon

Okay. The boy is napping right now, so I’m going to attempt to finish those last ten pages of my WIP. Wish me luck! ;)

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I’m Lurking

I feel like I’m abandoning you all here. I certainly don’t mean to. A few things have been keeping me busy.

My son, who is three, is priority number one. The husband and I have been working with him on letters and numbers, and I’ve been TRYING to teach him how to write his name, or at least part of it. He’s all about drawing the number 1, probably because it’s only a straight line. We’re actually testing him to see if he’ll be ready for preschool this year or if we should wait until next year. His birthday puts him on that cusp of age, so we have to figure out when he’ll be ready. Then again, the school will want to have a say as well. I don’t want to start him early because he’s knowledgeable enough only to have the system want to hold him back merely based on his age. It happens a lot around here. They’re more worried about their social development. A friend of mine is actually pulling his 8-year-old daughter out of school after this year to home school her. The kid was doing fractions two years ago, but the school refuses to bump her a grade because they’re afraid the older kids will make fun of her. Now, I have heard of the things that come out of this precious girl’s mouth–her parents are NOT worried about her being picked on.

Home schooling our son is still on the table for us. I have trust issues–not so much with teachers, but with the other parents. Our problem is we’re a bit anti-social, so we don’t know any of the other parents in the area. That is why I’ve been looking into the local summer recreation program organized by the school. It would help him make friends, and I can scout the other parents as well as their kids. And if we do choose to home school, the rec program would still be available to us so my son will still be able to socialize and learn all those life skills he’ll need in the future.

In addition to the boy, I’ve been kind of overloading myself with book cover art projects. I’m working with a few authors to make covers for their entire series, so that’s definitely keeping me busy. And I’ve also been rolling out some new premade ebook covers for Melchelle Designs. If you’d like to take a gander at all my latest additions, it’d be best to view them in my Book Cover Gallery on Deviantart.

I’ve been trying to decide on a favorite, but it’s a tie between these two…

Premade FANTASY Ebook Cover

Premade FANTASY
Ebook Cover

Premade SCI-FI Ebook Cover

Premade SCI-FI
Ebook Cover

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Finally, as some of you know, I’m trying (desperately) to edit my next book, one I’m hoping to pitch to agents and/or publishers. When I first started reading through it, I felt like I was torturing myself. The story was born a few years ago, written for someone special in my life. At the time, she was too young to read it, but I was hoping to be finished by the time she was old enough to enjoy it. My main character (MC) is a brooding teen with a punk-like style from Boston by the same name. Now that she’s about the same age as my MC, it’s almost eerie how much they resemble each other–their looks, their attitude, etc. But, just as I started editing, some crazy things started happening in her real life that caused us all quite a bit of worry. Things are getting better, but it was hard to repeatedly read her name over and over and over.

Then, the bombings happened in Boston.

A line from the first page of my book…

The whole city embodied a certain kind of pride, like nothing could break it.

Who else would shut down their entire city to find one person?

I would like to add that I’m loving all the little side stories that are coming out now, like the officer who brought a mother two gallons of milk for her young children during the lock down.

Feel free to share some with me in a comment below…

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Site Expansion & The Versatile Blogger Award

I’ve decided to add a few new pages to my site. On top of rewriting the bio on About Me page, you’ll find 3 new tabs just below my header to click on and explore.

Author Services offers links for finding premade and custom ebook covers at Melchelle Designs, while also providing a handy dandy contact form for my fellow authors to tell me about their books. I love helping out where I can and I love finding new writers and their work! So head on over if you’d like me to feature you.

Featured Authors is a compiled list of authors that have already been featured on my site. Just click a name to find their Author Feature or Guest Post.

And finally…

Contact provides an easy way to get in contact with me. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to fill out the form on that page.

As an added bonus, I’m also honored to have received The Versatile Blogger Award from author Ron Herron at Painting With Light. Thanks, Ron!

The Versatile Blogger Award

In following Rule #1, I will nominate some extremely worthy bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award. I’ve done so in alphabetical order, because I love you all the same. ;)

Paula Acton
Chad P. Brown
Jessie Cox
Emily Guido
David McGowan
Emma Meade
H.N. Sieverding
Ch’kara Silverwolf
Shirley S. Simon

For Rule #2, I must offer up 7 things some of you may not know about me.

  • I will soon be chopping off most of my hair for Locks of Love.
  • I sell car parts to help pay the bills.
  • I haven’t been on a plane in almost 18 years.
  • I just had to figure that out on a calculator because I suck at math.
  • If I was a superhero, my name would be Pale Fury.
  • I live less than 100 miles from Canada and I’ve never been.
  • I absolutely DREAD public speaking.

I want to thank you all for coming today. I hope you enjoyed your Easter weekend, at least as much as my son did. And apparently, it was the Easter Bunny and the Easter Duck that brought him treats this year. Not sure where the whole ‘duck’ thing came from, but I suppose he’s just thinking logically, especially given bunnies can’t lay eggs. ;)

Take care everyone!

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A Book Cover Palooza!

There are times when I’m writing or editing and I’m thinking, “I wanna make a book cover.” And there are just as many times when I making book covers and thinking, “I so wanna be writing right now.” But I guess that just means that one is motivating the other. I will soon jump back into writing, but I wanted to share some new books with you.

*All cover art created by Melchelle Designs

The Angel by Ashley Barron

Click to Get ItOn Amazon

Click to Get It
On Amazon

Description: “Do angels exist? Do they come for us at the moment of our death? Or have they been here, with us, all along…
When we look back over our lives, can we see the angels? Do we understand how they are connected to us, both now and in the afterlife?
In The Angel, one man finds his answers to these questions…and more.
The Angel is a short story.”

Get it on Amazon >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BG1J4FE

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Daemons by M.R. Dicomites

Click to Get ItOn Amazon

Click to Get It
On Amazon

Description: “There are different kinds of daemons. Some hide in abandoned or forgotten places. Some will come out into the open when there’s nothing left to fear. And some live inside us – parasites feeding from the inside out.
They want to exist in our world. They want to possess us. They want us dead.
Daemons: Tales of Horror. Six short stories by M.R. Dicomites.”

Get it on Amazon >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGMNLMK

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A Ransomed Heart by Alex Taylor Wolfe

A Ransomed Heart by Alex Taylor Wolfe

Click to Get It
On Amazon

Description: “Annabelle Casey hasn’t met Robert Seiver yet, but their engagement saves her entire family from destitution. This isn’t the fairytale wedding she had dreamed of, but a marriage of convenience seems to be her only choice. When her trip to the Seiver Ranch is interrupted by a band of outlaws, she may find that her overturned stagecoach in the barren Wyoming badlands is where her future really begins.

Logan Bailey has plans for revenge, but the fiery young redhead he kidnaps for ransom is changing them all. Years of anger have hardened him, but Robert Seiver’s fiancé is giving him second thoughts, and not just about money. Can he put away a lifetime of hate for a girl he hardly knows? Can Annabelle marry Mr. Seiver and save her family, or will she choose Logan, the man who holds her heart for ransom?”

Get it on Amazon >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUVWMIG

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Crystal Chambers by John Thrower

Click to Get ItOn Amazon

Click to Get It
On Amazon

Description: “Nero, a 17-year-old boy, is summoned to a distant world with many other travellers. Together they embark on a grand adventure to recover the mysterious World Crystals – the life source of the planet.
While Nero and the team of travellers are off battling Orcs and mages, Falium, a young prince, sets out on his own journey to find and befriend a great race of potential allies: the Dragons.”

Get it on Amazon >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BPWTYTK

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Alexandra Valkyrie by F.B. Speaks

Click to Get ItOn Wattpad

Click to Get It
On Wattpad

Description: “DEATH, betrayal, magic, valkyries, guys hiding in an all-girls school… Alexandra Valkyrie is a fast-paced and action-filled story about an emotionally-troubled girl with unusual purple eyes who wakes up one day, only to find out that she is in the world of Norse mythology. She is trapped in Folkvang, a boarding school for Valkyries where she could lose her life anytime; a school which she must escape no matter what… but that’s what she thought until she met Louis.”

Get it on Wattpad >> bit.ly/10cuYD6

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And the last book cover I want to share is actually mine…

Nora’s Sun by M.S. Fowle

Click to Get ItFREE on Amazon

Click to Get It
FREE on Amazon

Description: “After the ruthless Merus invade Earth and start taking whatever they want, humans can only run and hide in hopeless defeat. But not Nora. All she has is hope, and it fuels her fight to get back everything they took from her. For her love, her light, her life… she will stop at nothing to get them all back.”

Get it FREE on Amazon >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007K9YUXW

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If you enjoyed all the pretty pictures, then you should check out Melchelle Designs. Not only do we offer a variety of Premade Ebook Covers for authors on a budget, we just reopened commissions for Custom Ebook Covers. So, if you’re getting your ebook ready for publishing, or even if you just want a new look for your current one, drop us a line. It’s okay. We don’t bite. ;)

Enjoy your day, everyone!

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