Book Cover Illustrations

I recently had the pleasure of creating the cover illustration and layout for Craig Young’s horror/action novel Yuma Sector, which is now available from Amazon.com and iTunes. The picture and layout are pretty straightforward; we employed a stencil typeface for the title and back lead to capture a little bit of a “government” feel since […]

Books are judged by their covers, and according to Mark Coker (founder of Smashwords) there’s a connection between excellent covers and good sales of a title. Here are some of his insights as to what constitutes a quality cover, and why such a cover is important to a publisher and the author: Yes, We Really […]

Well, the honeysuckle is now in bloom beside our house, making it officially summer (at least to my mind). When I was a child, our home had two honeysuckle vines that grew up the columns of the front porch, wicking the heady odor from the flowers into the house, especially at night. Now the scent […]

I often receive questions about what software I use (or recommend) for artwork (along with that ever-common,”Do you use software or only brush and oils?”). So I thought a post on all this might be in order. First, my artwork is digital from beginning to end. I seldom sketch on paper except to make “notes” […]

I got a nice surprise in the ol’ inbox today: SciFiPulse.net has written a nice review of my science fiction novel Lesser Gods — as well as providing a link to my blog. Sweet — and a big “thank you” to the folks at SciFiPulse.net. The illustrated Kindle version of Lesser Gods is available from […]

Get your free Kindle copy of Kenneth Fore’s action-adventure novel The Wolf Tattoo April 17-19 from Amazon.com (those outside the US will need to enter the title in their local Amazon site). Synopsis: A man’s impromptu journey into the Alaskan wilderness is life changing when he tangles with a grizzly and an Eskimo woman who […]

The paperback version of my science fiction novel Lesser Gods is now available, with additional artwork not found in the ebook version — and more interesting typefaces and layout. (Yes, eBooks are nice and handy to read, but print still can be a bit more refined if not prettier.) Many of my clients have been […]

The “extra wiring” in the brain of a creative person (and, yes, science can now “see” these extra connections in brain cells) often allows them to feel highs of joy and lows of sorrow that others may never experience, and perhaps could not even handle if they did. The added “emotional depth” many creative people […]

A quality book illustration and cover design can greatly improve book sales. Consequently publishers as well as self-publishing authors often find themselves searching for an artist who help produce a quality book cover. One of the key tools in nailing down the book cover rights as well as getting a handle on a project is […]

You can probably imagine my surprise. And since it was April 1st, I thought I was being pranked. But then the President came on the line to chat for a few minutes. Here’s: The Story