The Project There’s a special place in my heart for projects that are meant to be family heirlooms. This was interesting because the author of the original manuscript was already gone. He had been gone for over fifty years and his great-grandson had taken it upon himself to ensure his great-grandfather was remembered in the family. Maybe I’ve been watching too much Coco, but that stuff tugs at my heart strings. I take care of everybody’s books with care, but … Read More
I Was Promised A Baby
The Project It’s not every day that someone comes to me and tells me about their book and I feel the need to move mountains to convince a person that I’m the one for the job because I want to work on the project and help bring it into the world as much (if not more than) the author. But this was one of those projects. If Carlos had said, “Hey Sheenah, part the sea and the job is yours,” … Read More
Failure and Success
The Project My client reached out to me to tell me that one of his clients that he was coaching was interested in writing a book. Since me and the client had worked on his own book before and we had already established a relationship, he was quite confident I could help his client. A lot of copyediting had to go into this project. I wasn’t well-versed with the financial world (I’m still not well-versed in it), so the copyediting was … Read More
Building A Bridge from “I Can’t” to “I Did!”
The Project Most of the books that I tend to work on are nonfiction books in the business and self-help genres. When asked to work on a book intended for educators, I was a bit hesitant because I’ve had little, if any, experience with the education field as a genre. After taking a peek at the manuscript, I saw it was written in a way that was much like the other books I’ve worked on. Just a different audience. But the … Read More
Be More Today
The Project I’ve worked on workbooks before but had yet to work on a hybrid workbook/self-motivational book. Me and the client went back-and-forth and discussed how much white space was too much? Was it better to go with a serif font for the body text? I’m always Team Serif when it comes to book and very rarely do I even suggest using a different kind of font, but I also didn’t want the book to look uneven. I did manage … Read More
My Life In The 50 States
The Project I had a lot of fun with this project! I wasn’t sure how quirky I wanted to go because the main thing for me was to ensure its readability factor. So I incorporated the fun handwriting font from the front cover. Because every chapter had to do with a state, I also thought it would be fun to have each state shape incorporated into the chapter header. The author and the company loved this approach.
Oneness
The Project Zeinab was such a pleasure to work with. She has such a great, upbeat personality. She knew that she needed help and a lot of it. I sat down and had a chat with her about her book. The concept of it being part memoir, part poetry book intrigued me. I hadn’t had a lot of poetry book experience and let her know that, but after discussing my past experience with designs and book design, she felt confident … Read More
Free Me From Me
The Project This was a fun project. It’s a memoir/autobiographical inspirational book. But the fun elements were her wanting to incorporate the hummingbird on the inside of her book. And she had these pillars. I wasn’t sure if it should be a literal column, but I pitched the idea and she seemed to like it. There wasn’t too much back-and-forth on this. Shelia had a very good idea of what she wanted. The only tricky thing was figuring out what … Read More
Stand Out From The Crowd
The Project I can’t remember how Carmen found me, but she told me she was working in a writer’s group and they were all working on publishing their books. She figured out all the other pieces, but now wanted to ensure that her book looked professional. She showed me her cover and told me what she had in mind. Having worked with several nonfiction business books, I already had a great idea of how to approach the look.
The Five Critical Errors Organizations Make That Leave Them Exposed To A Devastating Data Breach
The Project Shane had a super tiny book that he wanted to publish. He didn’t know too much about the self-publishing process, but knew he needed help. He came to me because of my background and I held his hand throughout the entire process and explained what needed to be done and what the next steps should be. I hadn’t worked on a lot of computer or tech books. But when it came time to creating the cover, I knew … Read More
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