Working with Bella DiCorte is some of the most fun I’ve had in 10+ years in cover design. There’s something about having a strong creative connection with a client that really makes a huge difference with any project you do together. With Bella, our team does what we always aim…

Tired of digging through the internet heap for the right info? If you’ve been writing for some time, but haven’t published. If you’ve been publishing for years, but find your career growing stagnant. If you have a dream and haven’t found the means to make it a reality, look no further! The Women in Publishing Conference has a massive lineup of experts in the industry — over 70 women providing their best tips, tools, resources, and insights.

Three years ago, I decided that being a prolific author was a worthwhile goal. In 2018, I published nine titles under two pen names (I also contributed to a shared world series). The following year saw fewer books published, but I made a plan. I created a schedule that would…

Since its inception, Qamber Designs has had the opportunity to work closely with the team at Black Spot Books to help bring many of their books to life. For those of you unfamiliar with the publishers of award-winning titles like Seven Jane’s The Isle of Gold and Sam Hooker’s Terribly Serious Dark series, Black Spot Books is an author-centric, traditional small press publisher of bestselling and award-winning speculative fiction, and an imprint of books-to-film multimedia corporation, Vesuvian Media Group. Today, we are excited to discuss their recent anthology release, Dead of Winter with editor and publisher, Lindy Ryan.

At Qamber Kids, we focus on illustration, but many of our artists are proficient in different mediums. Danielle Styles, illustrator for Millicent Marie and Aidan and the End of the World, recently shared how she plans to branch out with her own glass designs. …

The QK Process as Told by Isko — Have you ever wondered how a picture book comes to life? ⁠ Qamber Kids (and Isko) invite you to learn some of the in’s and out’s behind the picture book process. ⁠⁠We’re sharing how we take an author’s manuscript and concept, and bring it to life with our fantastic illustrator team. ⁠

“The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater.” J.R.R. Tolkien Dear Friend, We wanted to carve out a moment at…

This past week was the cover reveal for SKIN HUNGRY, my new age gap romantic comedy play that’s releasing on Audible on November 30th. Today, I thought it would be fun to take you behind-the-scenes this week and show you how this particular cover came to be. Sound good? Let’s go! — First of all, let it be known that THIRTY-SEVEN emails went back and forth between me and the brilliant Najla Qamber of Qamber Designs & Media. (Seriously, I checked my inbox just now. Thirty. Seven.) So it’s definitely a process! This was our 5th collaboration and we have many more…

I love nothing better than a good character-driven story, but I haven’t always been the best at writing them. The first novel I ever penned, I wrote a heroine so perfect, she was entirely unrelatable. Thankfully, I had an early reader who was kind enough to tell me so. After…