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Every new writer should read this at least once.

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When will it stop? 😭

Learning stuff incoming! 🧵 Detail Frequency, the amount of detail packed into an area of an image, is important to a highly rendered #splash #art. The goal is balancing high intensity and areas of rest to focus attention. Here are some heat maps I made to illustrate this.

2. Don’t trust your own taste. You know good words, but your visual taste may suck. Show your cover art to strangers, beg them for brutally honest feedback, then *listen* and improve. Bonus points for designer & artist strangers.

To a browsing reader, your cover IS your book. They may buy a crap novel with a hot cover, but the other way around is very unlikely. Why have a cover that says “my amateur novel” when it’s GOOD, as we established above? Why?!? Do you hate yourself? Prefer to *not* sell books?

Self-pub book cover design, a 🧵: Dear author, You’ve spent countless hours sweating over a manuscript, pouring your creativity, love, wishes and fears into it, and it’s GOOD. So why would you wrap it in a high-school Photoshop project that looks like it took 5 minutes? 🤔

Baby stoat discovers a trampoline.

Check out my review for Manticore Park by Quenby Olson. This is my second read for @the_sfincs goodreads.com/review/show/59…

Check out my review for Shattered Spirits by @thatCalamity If you're looking for a quick spooky read, this is definitely one to check out. goodreads.com/review/show/59… #Bookreview #CalBlack #Haunting #Novella

weall pardner , thise pomise’s to be a event full Hold the Ween

If you’re looking for an eerie read for Halloween, be sure to check out Shattered Spirits by @thatCalamity I devoured this novella in one sitting and it was the perfect read to get into the spooky spirit. RTC but this was haunting, and had me fully invested by chapter 2.

Have a cozy and comforting Halloween y'all🧡 Light some candles, grab a pumpkin latte or tea and celebrate, you deserve it~! #BaldurGate3 #halloween

That's me! If you're into Slavic folktales, talking animals, and feeling really really cold, this one is for you. (That last one is optional)

Little doodle from yesterday of the PRINCE of the cryptids, MOTHMAN! #Halloween2023 #mothman #Procreate

yessssssssss* * you do not need to play games to enjoy this book

pls tell me im not the only one who used the suspicious poison as a health potion griueghre (also i headcanon wyll is like, 99% of the reason the group is still alive) #bg3 #astarion #wyll #gale

The ritual