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Episode 211: 6 Tips For Working With Cover Designers
- 2024/07/29
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In this week's episode, we offer six tips for working with cover designers to create a great cover for your book. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 211 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is July 26th, 2024 and today we are discussing six tips for working with cover designers. Before we get to our main topic, we'll have an update on my current writing and audiobook projects and then Question of the Week. I am currently editing Half-Orc Paladin. I'm almost done with the first phase of editing and so we are on track to have the book come out in early August sometime, if all goes well. I'm not sure if it's going to be the first week or the second week of August, but we will see how things go. Once Half-Orc Paladin is out, my next project will be Shield of Conquest. I'm going to follow up on Shield of Darkness right away and I'm about 2,000 words into that. After Shield of Conquest, the next two books I write will be Ghost in the Tombs and Cloak of Illusion. Then at that point, the year will almost be over. 2024 is just flying by, and so then I'll decide what I will work on next once I get to the end of those three books. So Half-Orc Paladin and then Shield of Conquest, Ghost in the Tombs, and Cloak of Illusion. In audiobook news, Wizard-Thief, as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward, is done and it is currently working its way through the approval process at Audible and the other sites. You can actually get it at my Payhip store right now if you don't want to wait. Otherwise, it should be on Audible and the other audiobook stores within a few weeks. Recording is also under underway for Stealth and Spells Online: Leveling (and that will be narrated by CJ McAllister again) and Shield of Darkness, which will be narrated by Brad Wills. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:01:45 Question of the Week And now let's switch over to Question of the Week. Question of the Week is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: if you want to get a coffee, where is your favorite place to go get it? The inspiration for this week's question was that I needed to do some necessary errands and so to bribe myself to do them, I got a coffee to drink along the way. Justin says: I'm hypersensitive to caffeine, so the elixir of life (as my wife calls it) is off limits unless I need to stay up a night or two. Decaffeinated coffee has never managed to interest me. Herbal teas are my hot drink of choice. My wife considers Starbucks coffee burnt but would stop at McDonalds for some. JD says: I was just thinking of making a coffee when I saw this. Whenever I go out for coffee, I prefer to try an independent coffee shop over any of the big chains. I drink black coffee with no sugar and have never enjoyed a cup from any of the big chains. McDonald's coffee isn't too bad. I usually get an espresso from there when my son wants to go. Now I best get around to putting the kettle on. Perry says: Can't stand the taste of coffee. Don't like tea, either. Water or juice for me. Michael says: I have a local coffee guy near me who also happens to be an amazing baker, which means I can get a cookie, too. That's some good thinking. Catriona says: generally at home with my Nespresso machine. Out- well, I moved to Thailand 10 months ago and don't have a car (driving is crazy here and their version of Uber is very cheap), so it tends to be individual coffee shops near shopping centers. Before that home in Hong Kong -Pacific Coffee. Gary says: the best coffee is made at my house. When I am not at home, then definitely Kona dark roast from QuikTrip. Barbara says: Tastings in Subiaco, about 60 kilometers from home. If we have to go to Perth, we always stop at Tastings for coffee, but I can't see anyone not in Western Australia coming that far for a coffee. Bonnie says: never been a fan of Starbucks, has always been Dunkin’ here in Maine, though not going so much with money tight. Now, dark roast from the Ks. Becca says: I only really get coffee to go when I’m visiting my best friend in Tucson. Then we often go to Crema, a nice family-owned place. Tammy says: Farmhouse coffee and ice cream or Tim Hortons when I need something delivered. Jesse says: I used to go to a place called Baltimore Coffee (not actually in Baltimore) and buy unground beans to bring home. Pandemic made me a snob for grinding my own coffee (sorry, “enthusiast”). Cheryl says: my kitchen is my favorite place for coffee. Plain old instant coffee. Jenny says: firstly, Kwik Trip for life. Secondly, iced dirty chai from Scooters or Bigby or Caribou. Jerry says: Kwik Trip is convenient and easy, but every time I go there for coffee, I end up getting a honey bun, doughnuts, or something else I'm not supposed to have. My favorite coffee is when I brew myself with freshly ground beans. I can definitely feel Jerry's pain when it comes to buying...