Oh boy. I don’t think I’ve ever spent as much time in one day working on the same book cover as I did today. I even started to get a bit nauseated at one point (from looking at the screen too long, even after I put on my glasses), and I tried to take a break, but I had a hard time tearing myself away from it. I think it was worth the trouble.
I did stop to eat, though, and I think I might be entering a tofu phase. I always love tofu (yes, me-five-years-ago, it’s true!), but sometimes it’s just the Best Thing Ever and I can’t get enough. All it needs is a little tamari (okay, and some garlic powder and cumin) and a few minutes in a hot skillet. I had the exact same meal as above for lunch yesterday, too, only with broccoli instead of cauliflower+kale. The toast is my favourite rye bread from Tobies in Hinckley — I’ll be back there next week, so I can restock!
Anyway, making book covers is a strange thing. I feel like I either ‘get it’ on the first try or never will (I usually wind up passing those covers on to Em, whose cover mojo seems to be more on-demand than mine). And I’ve been not ‘feeling it’ at all lately, but I knocked out three covers I really like just this week. It’s sort of a relief to know I haven’t lost the touch.
I suppose I don’t usually talk about work here, but I feel like I’m in the groove at the moment. It was great to go to the cabin last week and have so much time to read submissions — I’m going back for a few days next week to finish those and to get some proof reading done. I like the balance of having a week of reading at the cabin and then a week of getting covers done and being connected at home (I need the big screen for design-y stuff).
I’m getting close-ish to being ready with the new design for this site, but it’ll be a few days yet. I was going to work on it this evening, but I couldn’t stop working. That’s strange.
