I’ll teach you how to create your own book cover on Canva! — Create your own book cover today by getting the guide HERE on my Gumroad page! ___ If you have been following my blog for a while, you might know that I have been working on SulliWrites’ Canva Book Cover Design Guide since October 2022. …

In a totally non-sexual way. — There’s something about being “in it” together that is so sexy when your heart rate is pushing 150 on the elliptical mid-Tuesday-afternoon. On April 11th I was in a fatal car accident with two of my best friends. As one of the two of us that survived, I fractured my…

At Writing & Other Things — Recently I posted this overly ambitious article: 21 Fall Writing Prompts to Tackle This October 🎃. In it, I talked about how I was going to write a few autumn-related fiction short stories in the month of October. I talked about how announcing this goal on Medium would hold me…

A Silicon Valley company named California Forever, backed by billionaires including LinkedIn’s co-founder and Steve Jobs’ widow, has acquired enough land to proceed with plans for a high-tech “city of yesterday” near San Francisco. The company, led by CEO Jan Sramek, has spent over $800 million in a years-long campaign…

How book series are designed and how to design your own! — When you write a long series in any genre, it is important to create a consistent look for each of your books to help them be recognizable to your readers. You can do this by using the same fonts, colors, or illustration style (or all three!) throughout the whole series. …

A step-by-step guide. — Finding the right book cover font on Word, Canva, or Google Docs can be a struggle when you don’t know where to start. Especially when you are making your own book cover! I’ve been staring at fonts for years now, and I have a few favorites. …

Sometimes hiring a talented artist is better than doing it yourself. — It’s no secret that hiring someone to illustrate your book cover is more expensive than utilizing a few free images and editing them with Photoshop or Canva. Since my goal is to help authors publish their books on a budget, let’s talk about utilizing technology to help you save money. Photoshop & Talented Photograph Editors …

If you’re not going to hire an illustrator, avoid looking too “Self-Published” with Photoshop! — Anyone who says Tumblr is dead has clearly never seen the quality content I do daily. As a book cover designer (and overall book cover fan), this particular one yesterday really caught my eye: Choosing the better design between these two designs is, in my opinion, a no-brainer. The 80s-looking…

Happy October 2nd, all! — As the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp, I think it’s the perfect time to wear sweaters, stay inside, and do some autumn-inspired writing. I’m hoping to write several short stories this October to flex my muscles for NaNoWriMo in November. 🎃🍂 It’s time for me to…