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My Process for Creating a Book Cover

Miranda Meeks

Today, we're going to walk through the process for creating book covers (specifically mine; everyone has a different method). This one was for Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly Powell, with the amazing help and art direction of Sonia Chaghatzbanian from Simon & Schuster. It isn't so different from my process when creating personal work, but it is a little more organized, fortunately! With that, the first thing I look for when starting a project…

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YESTERDAY’S POST

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A Story

Arnie Fenner

December 29, 2025 - It's that time of year when people look back and reflect on everything that's happened in the previous 12 months. But ... you want to know something? I really don't wanna. Because for any number of reasons I could come up with—and won't—my opinion is that 2025 was a helluva stinker and thinking about it will just piss me off. If you had a good year, great, I'm glad for you: feel free to reflect away. For my part I'd sooner put 2025 behind me and steel myself for the crappy stuff that's probably ahead. Rather than fuss and moan about the past or worry about tomorrow, I thought I'd conclude '25 with what I've always considered a fun story, just to keep things light. In October, 1978 I attended the fouth World Fantasy Convention…

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