janicephelpswilliams

janicephelpswilliams
Location
Harbor Springs, Michigan, USA
Birthday
May 07
Title
Illustrator, Book Designer, Writer
Bio
Janice Phelps Williams is a book designer, illustrator, and writer. Learn about services for authors and publishers, as well as her artwork and writing at www.janicephelps.com. Author of "Open Your Heart with Pets: Mastering Life through Love of Animals: (2012 Transformation Publishing) www.transformation-publishing.com Work in Progress: "Finding Pletonia" (middle grade fantasy) Children's books (as illustrator): "Two True Blue Dragons" by David Boyce; [title not yet released] by Chuck Zigman; "Still Her Spirit Sings" by Robert W. Kurkela. Other: "The Will Turner Flight Logs" by Chris Davey; "Esther's Child" by Jean Sasson Creativity Blog: www.appalachianmorning.blogspot.com

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DECEMBER 7, 2011 8:34PM

Washington Courthouse & Chillicothe, Ohio

Washington Court House, Ohio 


Well…it was another day driving from Athens, Ohio, to Washington Court House, Ohio, and I was on the look-out for something interesting to photograph… even though the leaves are gone, the amber waves of grain are gone, the brilliant snow and b… Read full post »
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AUGUST 4, 2011 5:00AM

Flowers, and the Memory of Flowers



When I see beautiful flowers adorning a neighbor's yard...or my yard as luck would have it…here is what I remember: kneeling down in the cool northeastern Ohio grass next to my "aunt" Wanda. She was really my cousin, hence the quotations, but I was about five and she was a/Read full post »
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AUGUST 1, 2011 5:00AM

Birth of a Book Cover: Norah

There was some interest in a previous blog I wrote on creating the book cover for Melissa Kline's young adult sci-fi novel, My Beginning. So, I decided to repost this article, which originally appeared on Lucky Press's blog.


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I love creating illustrations for book covers, but
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JULY 6, 2011 9:59AM

Creation of a Book Cover: "My Beginning" by Melissa Kline




The very best part of the work I do is creating book covers…there's nothing I love more than this part of the publishing process. Today, I'd like to share with you the steps to creating the paperback cover for
My Beginning, a young adult novel (sci-fi) by Melissa Kline, published JulyRead full post »