Flight to Brassbright

It took a while, but finally, the old brightly colored circus-themed cover has now been obliterated from every legit site on the internet.

Recently I ran a workshop called “Fussy Novels and How to Fix Them” (click link for the workshop’s complete chatlog transcript) in Second Life (as Ceejay Writer, my avatar’s name), at Fantasy Faire’s Literary Festival. At that workshop, I offered a small toolbox, which was stuffed with notecards filled with resources. I’m going to open the toolbox and lay out all the notecards here for anyone and everyone to use.

Seven years after publishing The Flight To Brassbright, I *finally* came up with my elevator speech today.

Clever readers find many ways to express their appreciation of an author’s work. Some of the more creative outlets include fan art, fan fiction and cosplay. Last night during a storytelling event in Second Life, I was delighted to learn that my books have an avid fan.

Choosing a book’s cover art is a wildly speculative, risk-filled endeavor. Authors who are working within the traditional agent/publisher system don’t often have a say in the final appearance of their book.