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Behind the Book Cover Part 1: Design on a Budget
Byaudenjohnson March 13, 2017July 21, 2020

Designing the cover for The Unburned Island has been a ride. It’s taking me over a month. It’s one of the hardest designs I’ve worked on. I’m close to being finished but I’m having trouble getting the right font color. I started this process with some rough sketches to get an idea of what I wanted…

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Nerd-tastic
Byaudenjohnson October 29, 2014July 21, 2020

Marvel broke the internet this week. Yesterday, during #MarvelEvent, they announced a glorious list of movies including Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Black Panther and Captain America 3: Civil War. I’ve been waiting for them to start Civil War. They have all the characters in play, except Spider-man. Marvel will work it out. “Marvel Debuts New Phase 3 Movies, Including Avengers: Infinity…

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The Week in Links 7/31/15 Diversity in Fiction, Agents of Shield,The Power of Fiction
Byaudenjohnson July 31, 2015July 21, 2020

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Writers of Color in SFF: Recommendation Time Black Women Horror Writers: Interview with Jayde Brooks Will It Get Better For Black People In the Horror Genre? The “Adult” HARRY POTTER Books Look Fantastic Rating the Best (and Worst) Pets in Sci-Fi & Fantasy Which is the most badass fictional weapon of all time Writing…

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Fantasy and Horror Designs to get you in the Halloween Mood
Byaudenjohnson October 17, 2016July 21, 2020

If I had 5 more hours in the day, I’d still need more time. Don’t know why I came up with 5. It seemed like a nice number. I’m trying to get a handle on my schedule. Writing and marketing take up most of my life. Because I’m completely insane (and I’d like to make some…

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The Week in Links 3/13/15
Byaudenjohnson March 13, 2015July 21, 2020

Writing and Publishing Writer’s Digest: 6 Tips to Writing a Bestselling YA Series GalleyCat: Toni Morrison On Failure Epic Reads: The 18 Most Beautiful YA Endpapers in the World The Book Designer: What the Art of Storytelling Can Teach Us about Marketing Tech Crunch: Amazon’s ‘Write On’ Crowd-Publishing Platform Opens To All “The Amazon platform…

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Women and People of Color in Medieval Times
Byaudenjohnson August 10, 2018July 21, 2020

One of the consistent arguments against diversity in fantasy is the time and setting. Fantasy stories are modeled after medieval Europe. Writers and readers say, historically, people of color weren’t in that setting during that time period. If they were around, they weren’t going off on epic quests. People claim it wouldn’t be realistic to…

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