Essay – Iterations of a Cover

Come April 2023, I’ll be running a Kickstarter, celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of my first novel, Paper Mage.

Original Paper Mage Cover

As I no longer have a copy of the original book—got rid of all my copies when I downsized—I can’t tell you who the original cover artist is.

Fiction River and Kickstarter and cross promotion and oh my!

Past Crime To start on page one, as it were.

Fiction River is an anthology series edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. They funded the first year using a Kickstarter. (The original video is awfully funny and silly.)

Kris and Dean have decided to run their subscription drive for the second year of Fiction River also using a Kickstarter.

Progress

I’m holding the PoD version of Paper Mage in my hand.

Wow.

It’s beautiful. There are a few changes that I need to make, but it’s close. I should be releasing it soon. It’s so very pretty. I’m kind of amazed at it.…