Killed Covers
Every book designer has an idea that didn’t make the cut, no matter how great it was. I know I do. There are a lot of people who need to sign off on them: publishers, authors, marketing [...]
My Favorite Things
I love book design, and I love movies. Now, these beautiful new covers from Megan Wilson and Evan Gaffney marry the two things perfectly. Vintage is releasing new editions of James M. [...]
30 Covers, 30 Days
The great Office of Letters and Light is smack dab in the middle of their 30 Covers, 30 Days project. The gist of this is that 30 NaNoWriMo authors were selected to participate, and they provide [...]
Why I Missed Writing About This Week’s Episode of Mad Men, and an Interview with the Great John Gall.
I wanted to write a post about Sunday’s episode of Mad Men-how we saw the return of some great characters; how Don continues a lonely, downward spiral; how Bobby’s lines rival [...]