Greetings, good readers! I come bearing good news. I’m currently writing my next three books, with Valentine R Book Two leading the way as the strongest frontrunner for completion. I’m … Continue reading Valentine R: Book Two on Patreon
Greetings, good readers! I come bearing good news. I’m currently writing my next three books, with Valentine R Book Two leading the way as the strongest frontrunner for completion. I’m … Continue reading Valentine R: Book Two on Patreon
Spring is in the air, and a new month is upon us. I intend to make April one of my most productive months yet, by working on three books at … Continue reading Writing 3 Books At Once…And Crushing It
Hello, dear readers! If you’ve followed me for any amount of time or poked around on this website, then you’re probably aware of how I publish my books. They’re available … Continue reading The Hardcovers Are Coming…
Spring is just around the corner! Flowers will soon be in bloom. The grass will be bright and green. This made me think about the changes I’ve been making to … Continue reading Upgrade: New Covers for June Parris’ Books
When the pandemic hit, I expected the public library where I currently work to shut down. Instead, we temporarily closed to the public while employees continued to report to work. … Continue reading Black Books and Black Authors: Walter Mosley
In 2019 I borrowed a copy of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates from my local library. As soon as I read the first few pages, I knew … Continue reading Black Books and Black Authors: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Growing up, I didn’t think there were any Black women writers of Science Fiction. I didn’t discover Octavia Butler until I was an adult, and I wish I had discovered … Continue reading Black Books and Black Authors: Octavia Butler
By now you’re probably familiar with the Valentine universe. There are five books in the original series, five books in the Valentine Apart series, six books in the prequel series … Continue reading Writing Roots: Precursors to Val Entienne
To quote a lyric from a Black Sabbath song, “I’m going through changes.” But change can be a very wonderful thing. I’ve changed the covers of the books in the Our Lady of Righteous Rage series, and that was a good change. In fact, I’m changing the cover of the fifth book in the series…again.
I wasn’t very happy with the first cover I created for Forward Motion, and I wasn’t really happy with the second one, either. I figured it would be one of those things I would eventually get around to fixing, when I could finally think of how I wanted the cover to look. With the next book in the series (Louder!) on the horizon, I’ve been thinking about the direction I want the next few books work towards. After making some sketches I finally arrived at a cover I could be happy with.
This cover is less complicated, but in a good way. The top images of Rob and Amy from Our Lady were drawn on a single sheet of paper, while the images of Nick and Aidan were on two separate sheets which were later superimposed. I decided not to color any of the images and let the blue background stand out more. The treble clefs are courtesy of Canva.
So hopefully this will be the final edit. I’m waiting for KDP to approve the changes I made, but the book should reappear on Amazon with the next day or two. That’s one of the reasons I have chosen to continue to publish with KDP: I can always go back and make changes to my books if I need to.
As s child, I had a difficult time finding books to read. This was mostly because of the books that were available to my age group at the time. I … Continue reading Black Books and Black Authors: Valerie Wilson Wesley