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I was recently hired to design the second book cover in a fictional series by author Patricia Rockwell. “FM For Murder” is the second in her Pamela Barnes acoustic mystery series where the protagonist uses acoustic forensics to solve the crime in this “cozy” murder mystery who-dunn-it novel.  In her second outing, a local disc jockey is shot in the head while on the air. The approach for the design was to signify not only the method of character’s.. || Continue Reading →

Design 7 Studio was recently awarded the wonderful task by author Maria Spivey to design the cover for her upcoming cookbook collection called Stargrazers.  Collaborating with fellow author Kim Haman, the cookbook is a gathering of gourmet recipes inspired by celebrity restaurateurs. While the thought of celebrities brings to mind glitz and glamour, because the book is for the average homemaker to be able to create this dishes, I wanted to have a very homemade feel to the look.. || Continue Reading →

Every once in a while, a literary piece is birthed that does nothing less than leave an indelible impression upon you. I think back to some giants of fiction that I read so long ago… Of Mice and Men or Lord of the Flies just to name a few. While having been in the hands of readers for over 7 years now, Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz is just one of those types of novels. I am a huge fan of Dean Koontz. I remember reading my first Koontz novel in 1992… Phantoms I believe.. || Continue Reading →

While I know that this book came out in 2006, and had a major-motion picture release of it in 2008, it was only last week that I picked up this book in a used bookstore.  While my usual genre of fiction is adventure, crime fiction, thrillers, I felt a particular calling to dive into a horror novel.  Especially one that Stephen King endorse as the “best horror novel of the new century”. The first thing I noticed about The Ruins by Scott Smith was the fact that there.. || Continue Reading →

Design 7 Studio was awarded and recently completed the book cover design project for “Somewhere Out There” by author Janet Van Rensburg. The book deals with depression and a search for hope. The following is a book synopsis as taken from the back cover: Living a seemingly charmed life, the protagonist of the story is in turmoil. Reeling from yet another job loss, the death of her fiancé, and a crushing loneliness, she finds herself confused about her true purpose.. || Continue Reading →

While this author of thriller, crime-fiction has been around since 2001, Karin Slaughter has never been an author that I have taken for a test-drive, until now. Her first novel Blindsighted, in which she debuts her heroine, Southern coroner Sara Linton,  for novels to come, is flat-out a great read. As the book puts it, blindsighteness interferes with vision. You can see, but your mind can’t make out what it is your seeing. In otherwords, the truth could be right in front.. || Continue Reading →

The literary world lost a great contributor on November 28, 2009 when the author Michael Crichton passed away.  Having conquered all of the major medias such as TV (creator of E.R.), movies (Jurassic Park, Timeline, Andromeda Strain, Congo) and novels (Prey, Next, Airframe), and to say that Mr. Crichton left his mark on the world is an understatement. What a blessing it is for his literary fans to be left with still one last masterpiece that we are able to enjoy almost a year.. || Continue Reading →