More show and tell today.
These are the bookmarks that will be available at various events, starting with RT. I’d only intended to get a few hundred, but since Bettie did such an amazing job on them, I’m definitely getting a bunch. What do you think? Pretty hot, right?
The Bettie of whom I speak is, of course, Bettie Sharpe, who wrote the awesome serial story Ember, which has been running weekly on Bam’s blog. She’s also got a novella, Like a Thief in the Night, coming out with Samhain in January. “She’s a heartless assassin; he’s an immortal thief. In another life, they would have been lovers. In this one, he’s her target and she’s his prize.” What could possibly be better than that? Well, only a full length novel. You’re not going to want to miss it.
How did I wind up with Bettie doing design work for me? Well, I fell in love with the cover for Ember, and I surfed over to her website, where I found a gorgeous banner for her novella as well. So I emailed her to ask who does her design work. Imagine my surprise when I found out she’s a double-threat, an amazingly gifted author who can design gorgeous stuff like this too. Holy crap. I hired her immediately, and set her to work making beautiful things for me too. Mwahahaha!
I’m thrilled with these bookmarks, as you can well imagine. As Rick said in Casablanca: Bettie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
I love the glowy bits. And I was surfing Bettie’s site last night. She is da bomb.
Yes, she sure is. Her design work is breath-taking. And her writing is beyond amazing.
Thanks for the pimpage! The bookmark was fun to do. I love the cover for Grimspace–the colors, the picture, the quote from Sharon Shin! ::Sigh:: I can’t wait to get my hands on the actual book.
If anyone deserves pimpage, it’s you. You’re gonna be a rock star.
And you can trust my judgment. Just ask Carrie. *grins*
damn, Bettie is gifted. this is beautiful. does she have a price list? what services does she offer? how can we get in touch with her?
PS that story Ember owns my soul
You can contact her off her website. There’s a form where it says contact. That would be here. Ask her all those questions yourself.
Was Bettie good to work with? How much direction did you actually have to give her?
Bettie was a dream to work with. I said, “I have this as my cover art, here are some author blurbs I have. What can you do with it?” (More or less)
And she was like, “Ok, give me a few and I’ll hook you up.”
I didn’t have to think about the design at all, which is awesome because visual arts are really not my forte. I could draw crooked stick figures, for real. It’s great when you have a designer who can accurately interpret what you want out of unclear writer blatherings, but it’s even better when you have a creative dynamo who can whip up something wicked on her own.
I love the bookmark… So glad I’m gonna be at RT so I can get me one… :-)
Gwyneth
Oooooh, you want a bookmark, Gwyneth? Aren’t they amazing? Bettie is a goddess.
I’ll be at the signing, but I want you to sign books for me! I hope we can have lunch, dinner or something while we’re there.
Very cool! I like!
Yay! “Blend” found its way back into the quote ;)
Mmmmm…pimpage is goooooood.