Resources
A list of my personally recommended resources for fellow authors. Not sponsored. Just that good.
Character Artist
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Odette Locke
Artist designs vibrant, hand-drawn illustrations of character art and book covers, specializing in romance, cozy fantasy, and emotional scenes.
My primary character artist.
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Kat Kraehen
Artist digitally paints beautiful character illustrations specializes in dramatic light and SFW pinups.
My secondary character artist.
Production Team
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Editor - Allison Erin Wright
Thorough, affordable developmental, copy/line, and blurb editing services for authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance.
My personal dev & copy/line editor.
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Cover Artist - Holly Dunn
Book cover designer who first reads the novel then uses illustration and hand lettering to design a unique and personalized cover.
My cover artist for Marigolds and Murder.
Software
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Milanote
A digital note card board for planning and organizing creative projects.
I use this every single day.
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Vellum
Formatting software to create beautiful ebooks and print books with ease.
I use it to format all my books.
Tools
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Universal Book Link
A free page listing every retail link for your book in all available formats.
I use for all my book buy links.
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Pirate Ship
Discounted shipping labels through USPS and others.
I used it to ship domestic and International ARC boxes affordably.
Physical ARCs
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48 Hour Books
Custom book printers for bulk ordering high quality books needing a turn around.
I printed my hardcover ARCs to make a tight deadline and they are the nicest prints.
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Arka Packaging
Customize designed eco-friendly packing material for products and for shipping.
Where I buy my custom ARC PR mailer boxes from.
Publishing Distribution
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IngramSpark
Beautiful print paperbacks and hardcovers with hardcover option for dust jackets.
I use for all my print books except the Amazon Paperback copies. (Those are KDP because they pay more. But IngramSpark does the Amazon Hardcover for the dust jacket.)
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Draft2Digital
Ebook distribution for all digital retailers through one account for convenience.
I use for all my ebooks except the Kindle copies. (Those are KDP because they pay more.) I use D2D for ebook copies over Ingramspark because they pay more with better customer support.