Have you ever wanted to design covers for others but don’t feel experienced enough? Have you ever wished you had stories to practice designing covers for? Have you ever longed for someone to give you feedback along the way and offer constructive criticism?
Starting now, you can do all those things.
How?
I write. I’ve written novels and short stories. Actually it’s more like I’ve written short stories, and novels. The other week I went through all my short stories that I had written and counted them. To my astonishment there were over 70 titles!
But what to do with them all is a good question.
Some are not worth publishing. They were written more for practicing some writing technique than for the story. Others have only been read on my Friday blog because I didn’t have the time or creative power to design covers for them. Some have been published in collections such as The Lower Lights and Pirates of Rocky Crag Bay, but have not been published as individual stories.
This is where you come in.
Not too long ago I offered to let my Friday blog readers try their hand at designing a cover for a story I had posted. A brother and sister jumped on the chance and soon sent me a cover. It wasn’t what I was looking for, but I gave them feedback about things, and they went back to work. After several times of going back and forth, me giving feedback and suggestions and them implementing them, they had created the perfect cover for the story.
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Now it’s your turn. If you want to improve your cover design abilities, practice designing covers, or even just try to design a cover for the first time, all without writing a story, you can head over to my page of story titles and pick which one you want to try. Send me a message stating which story you want to try, and I’ll send the story your way. After you’ve created your first version, I’ll give you honest feedback about your design and how you can improve it.
We’ll keep working from there.
So, does this sound like something fun? Have you ever designed a cover for your own story? What about for someone else? Have you read any of the stories I have listed? Let me know your thoughts on this new opportunity. For other opportunities, check out this page.
Yay!! Thank you, Rebekah. We had a ton of fun and LOVE the way it turned out. 😍 Thank you for this opportunity!
Thank you for giving it a try! And I love the cover too. 🙂
This sounds like a lot of fun! I’ll have to think about it. 😉 Thank you for the opportunity!
My pleasure! If you decide you want to try, just let me know!
Haven’t forgotten about you, lol! Things are a little busy, but I’m hoping to get to the ones you sent me soon. My WIP got in the way, lol!
Not a problem! And I was going to let you know that I think one of the stories I sent you got picked up by someone else, so you might want to check the list just to be sure. 🙂
And WIP are allowed to get in the way. 😉
Alrighty, I’ll check when I get home. In D.C. right now!
Aw, thanks, haha!
Have fun! 😀
I can make a guess which one it is… 😆 Ryana Lynn, if it’s one we have we don’t mind letting you have it and picking another one. 😉 We’re still in the brainstorming/looking for pictures stage.
🙂 She does have three others. And I just randomly picked some for her and send them her way.
Okay 😉 So long as we didn’t steal “Mystery at Random” from her. 😆
I’m not saying one way or the other. 😉
😮 Okay… 😉
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Oh fun!! I love the cover they designed!!! 😀
Going to message you now… 😉
Isn’t it neat?
I just sent you a reply. 🙂
Wow! This is a awesome idea and a great opportunity! I have just started making covers, but have run out of WIP’s to design for! <3
-Brooklyne
Yay! I’m glad I can provide some new stories for you to design covers for. 🙂