Writing, however, is an entirely different animal.

And while there’s a little bit of me in each cover I design, it is ultimately the author and their story’s spirit I am trying to capture in the art. It is their work that guides the cover I create.

But the design is inspired by the author’s story. When I design a cover, yes, there’s a part of my style, my interpretation, and my creativity in each cover I create. It takes me quite a bit of time to open up and even longer to reveal anything more personal than my love for our baby boy, Rocco, a 125lb dog who lets hubby and I live in his house. And the most exciting thing about doing both is the ability to switch from one to the other and feel the creative satisfaction when I complete a design or finish a scene.īut I think the biggest difference between the art and writing is how much of myself I put out there. Regardless of which role I use for creativity, I painstaking focus on details until my inner detail-oriented beast is satisfied with the final product. Both allow me to create, and both are satisfying and feed my creative spirit. One lets me assemble and manipulate images to create a visual representation of an author’s story while the other allows me to build my own story, one word at a time.

For the design work, I use a digital paintbrush and images whereas for writing, I use a keyboard and words. To be honest, they are both creative outlets for me. I’m often asked about the parallel of both roles. Although I’ve been writing now for a few years, I don’t release as often as my fellow writers, and that’s partly due to juggling a few roles.Īside from writing, I’m also a cover artist (I design under the name of Reese Dante) and have designed covers for both publishers and independent authors since 2009. I just released my fifth book in The Men of Halfway House series on May 2, titled A Worthy Man. I want to start by saying “thank you” to Lisa and The Novel Approach crew for hosting me today and to all the readers taking time out of their day to stop by and read my post.Ī few quickie bits of info. The Parallels of Having Two Creative Outlets ~ Cover Art and Writing We’re so pleased to welcome author Jaime Reese today on the promo tour for her latest release in the Men of Halfway House Series, A Worthy Man.

A Worthy Man by Jaime Reese