The second read-through of Wings of Fate is officially finished, and I am now in the process of formatting the manuscript for print. I had about a quarter of it freak out on me last night and convert everything to italics, which meant spending another hour and a half going through and un-italicizing the chapters affected, then hunting through it for all parts that *should* have had italics. Ugh. And last week I lost one of my notebooks that had several maps and pages of notes for future writing projects in it, then found it again several days later. It really was a miracle. The woes of a writer, lol.....
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Now that I have the manuscript set up, I'll be focusing primarily on finishing the cover art and making sure that any maps being used are ready and inserted into the book. It's crunch time, and it's oh-so-exciting! Here's a sample of what I'm working on:
I have most of the details sketched for the cover, so my next step will be to start laying down the base colors and then proceeding to work on highlights and shadows. I'll also be designing font to use for the title and checking the image parameters against a template for the print size of the cover.
At this point, I'm still tweaking some things in the sketch and finishing with some detail. This has easily been the most challenging cover I've done to date. Hopefully I can wrangle it to look and feel how I want within the next week so that I can upload it and order a proof copy of the book. Wish me luck :/
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