I seem to have gotten a bit ahead of myself.

By animagus_kitty · Mar 6, 2018 · 677 · 4
  1. The good news is, I have a professional artist (as in, employed by a museum to do art classes and stuff, and does commissions) to do art for my book/wiki. He's agreed to do it all for free, even. Obviously, if I'm successful, he'll see some of it, I'm not a total wad, but he's not expecting compensation for it. He's just looking for a passion project that lets him draw things that aren't portraits and still-lifes.

    The bad news is, I still don't...actually have a book to design a cover for. At the moment, most of his work will be for the wiki. I've got two major character rewrites and two chapters to fix before I can even move on with my story.
    My brother, who I would have socked if we were in the same room, tried to lecture me on timetables and 'why do you need an artist, you don't have a book yet'. While I may have objected quite intensely to his tone (I HATE being lectured about timetables, and he's exactly the wrong person to be doing that, anyway), he has a point. I've gotten more than a bit ahead of myself. I'm not much more than a third of the way through my book, I'm writing slowly, and I'm at a serious loggerhead. I'm not less grateful for finding an artist, but thanks to my brother, I feel guilty about not being farther along in the writing process.

    Damn it all.

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  1. Cave Troll
    Your guilty about taking your time on your work, so you can make
    something you want to be happy with? IDK what the prob is.
    Unless you have a set deadline for yourself to get your book done.
    Though deadlines don't have to be so strict, that you can't be off
    your timeline by a few days or a week. How well do you think it will
    turn out if you rush to catch up with your time-frame? Only way it
    will be worth it, is if you happen to be 'a book a quarter' type writer.
    If not, then don't be so hard on yourself, you will get it all sorted.

    Also way to go on finding a cover designer that won't cost you
    200-2000$+. :superagree:

    Take it easy, you got this like a boss. :supersmile:
    Cave Troll, Mar 6, 2018
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  2. GrahamLewis
    So why worry? You're ahead for now, and, ideally, your artist friend's offer will still stand once you actually need an illustrator. Maybe you can do the cover anyway, now. In any event, stressing about it does nothing to help.
    GrahamLewis, Mar 7, 2018
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  3. Mark Burton
    Use the art to inspire you (aka kick you up the arse) to get some writing done.
    Mark Burton, Mar 8, 2018
  4. animagus_kitty
    @Mark Burton, that's my plan. As it turns out, one of my character concepts is...mildly disproportionate, at best, and he's going to help me design a character that looks less disproportional.

    I have high hopes for this partnership.
    animagus_kitty, Mar 8, 2018
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