Ken Pelham
Economical Graphics for Writers: Finding and Using Images Without Breaking the Law Or the BankUnless you're that Big Name Author, whether you're traditionally published or self-published, you'll soon find you'll be doing almost all your own marketing. And that means you'll need quality graphics if you want to snag the attention of the scrolling and scanning reader. You can go all in and hire a graphics firm, or you can take a more economical route and produce nice graphics on your own. We'll explore sources for inexpensive graphics, with special focus on free and public domain images. And once we've found the perfect images, we'll look at simple manipulations to get them to work for you. |
Ken Pelham's debut novel, Brigands Key, won the 2009 Royal Palm Literary Award, was published in hardcover in 2012, in softcover in 2014, and in audiobook in 2015. The prequel, Place of Fear, a 2012 first-place winner of the Royal Palm, was released in 2013. His nonfiction book, Out of Sight, Out of Mind: A Writer's Guide to Mastering Viewpoint, was named the RPLA 2015 Published Book of the Year, and his nonfiction work, Gumshoes, Fangs, Rockets, & Spies, won the 2021 Royal Palm Gold Award for History.