Elbow Grease and Determination

Good day everyone!

Last time I updated you it was January, so plenty has happened between then and now. Check it out:

1. Steve Alten's The LOCH 2 contest finished up April 1st. It was another great contest for an Alten thriller collecting tens of thousands of hits for his newest trailer. Congrats to the top 20 contestants who will be immortalized in the amazing follow-up to a New York Times bestselling title.

2. Two covers were created for Andrew Price, both being legal/crime thrillers. WITHOUT A HITCH and WRONGFUL DEATH came out snappy!

 

3. A handful of e-book layouts for Mindstir Media including BANISHED MEDIEVAL QUEEN, and children's picture books FAITH-A-LEAPIN' and EDISON THE FIREFLY. 


4. E-book and print layout for SONS OF GOD AND DAUGHTERS OF MEN by Nicholas Tanguma for Seven Realms.

5. Book trailer creation for Jeffrey Stephens for his newest release, TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY. While the final rendition just passed his inspection, it's not yet up on YouTube - but don't worry I'll be sure to get that bad Larry up here when it is available to be seen! It is by far my best book trailer creation and can't wait for you all to check it out.

6. E-book and print layout for Jeremy Robinson's novella CALLSIGN: KING III - BLACKOUT, the final new Chesspocalypse title in the series, co-written with Sean Ellis.

Thanks to my new clients who took the plunge and trusted me to provide them with a quality product, as well as the return customers who believed in my work to come back for another round. And thanks to you for your comments and time checking out my work.

--SJT

--UPDATE--

The book trailer created for Jeffrey Stephens is now live! Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks again.

One Can Dream...

So, things have been going great for me as of late. I feel very honored to have met the people I've met and done work for. Thanks to you all! I have actually uploaded a bunch of my newer stuff to the Find The Axis Facebook page if you would like to see what I've been up to. While there are some of my older designs on there, oldies but goodies at that (just sayin'), you can see the handful of new covers I've been lucky to design.

Any who, let's get back on track. While I am honored at what I've been given the opportunity to do, one can dream - something I enjoy doing often - and reach for the stars. I would love to do covers for a few of the authors out there I've come in contact with. People like Jonathan Maberry, Joe Moore, Jon F. Merz, and Joseph Nassise - all who would take the shirt off their back and give it to you if you were in need. My list doesn't end there, like adding James Rollins and Steve Berry, or Douglas Preston and David Morrell, and so many more... like before, more of the same 'amazing human being' folk you could ever meet. You never know where time may lead you and hopefully one day I get to make a dream come true.

Now, it is time for you to dream! Who would you love to see grace the cover of your next book? Come on now, spill the beans.

Updates - Jan 2011 to Today

Hey friends,

It's been way too long since I've been here on the blog. I had visions of greatness for it... and then life got busy. This not being my full-time day job, it kind of got neglected - many apologies. I do want to post some updates though about what has been going on in 2011.

I've acquired many clients this year, many of which have been repeat offenders (what's wrong with you people... haha). Here are a bunch of them, along with a widespread thanks to all of you who have come and commissioned work through me and FindTheAxis.com.

Rick Chesler - Cover creation of kiDNApped



Charles Colley - Cover creation and ebook layout for Skull County, USA



Denise Gass - Cover creation of Ghosts of Arlington



Rick Jones - RickJonz.com

Mindstir Media - Ebook formatting which included: Contingency, Indemnity, Precedent (Paula Wiseman), Purpose of the Powerful (Chinelo Umunnakwe), Sands of Sanibel (Donna Raye)

Paul Byers - Ebook formatting of Arctic Fire, as well as cover completion

Katie McVay - Cover creation of The City of Lost Secrets, as well as ebook and print book layout



Seven Realms Publishing - Ebook and print book layout for David Lynn Golemon's The Supernaturals; Cover creation for David Sakmyster's Blindspots



Cinder Path - Movie poster for Nightwatchers, a screenplay by David Sakmyster



Steven Savile - Ebook covers, US and International including international bestseller Silver (int'l), and The Sally Reardon Series



Tom Monteleone - Ebook formatting for Night of Broken Souls, also coming soon include The Blood of the Lamb, The Reckoning, and Mafia

Exlineal - Logo creation



Steve Alten - Running his contest for his releases of Phobos (Tor) and Grim Reaper: End of Days (Tor)

2011 so far has been a wild ride and I love it. I've made many great new friends along the way and hope you join in and take advantage of our author services and logo creation. Feel free to join us on Facebook, or come say hi on my personal Facebook page where you can also see what I accomplish at my day job. We also have a Twitter account, so if you want to say hello I encourage it.

Take care, everyone. Enjoy what is left to autumn.

Newest Cover Design - 33 AD

Good day readers, writers, and the rest,

What do you get when you cross vampires with Jesus of Nazareth? You get David L. McAfee's 33 AD, a very unique look into the world of vampires and a speculative twist on the death of Jesus.

Congrats on the book, Dave! This creepy cover should definitely grab the attention of the public.

Are you in need of an eye-catching cover or interior design? Look no further. The industry raves about what we can do, join in and be a part of what people are talking about.

Well wishes for the rest of your holidays, 2009

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to start by thanking you all - whether you are a reader, writer, or somewhere in between - with your help this project has started off successfully. We here at FindTheAxis would like to wish you all a very merry 'rest of your holiday' season 2009. With Hanukkah done, and Christmas and Kwanzaa quickly approaching, we hope you use your holiday gift funds on some of the great books posted here. To recap the posts, please view the following links:

http://findtheaxis.blogspot.com/2009/09/horror-peter-mark-may-demon.html

http://findtheaxis.blogspot.com/2009/09/inspirational-ficiton-jj-hebert.html

http://findtheaxis.blogspot.com/2009/09/poetry-margaret-kellogg-my-heart-and.html

http://findtheaxis.blogspot.com/2009/10/updated-charlescolleycom.html

http://findtheaxis.blogspot.com/2009/11/poetry-dan-rabarts-urban-driftwood.html

http://findtheaxis.blogspot.com/2009/11/adventure-rai-aren-secret-of-sands.html

Please also enjoy books from these indie publishers:

Variance Publishing

Second Wind Publishing

And special thanks to:

Jeremy Robinson

The Novel Blog

I hope that covers it, oh, I have to thank those of you who retweet our stuff on twitter - you know who you are! Your support certainly does not go unseen.

Ok, so one last thing, if you would like to get your published work on our blog for 2010, visit the Social Marketing and Networking page on our website. Of course, we do the full gamut of book production, including covers, interiors, and websites, so don't hesitate to take a look at what we have to offer if you are thinking of putting your book out next year. We work hard at bringing you top-notch work for pricing below industry standards.

To a safe, happy, and fruitful 2010!

What's To Come?

Hey everyone,

Here we are, our first posting, and I hope you like what you see in the future! There has been a bunch of brainstorming going into this project and I think it will be a great thing for a number of you reading this blog. We are here to help you (if you are an author/writer) succeed! It's that easy. We want to help give you the same opportunity that big names get - like affordable, professional covers and interiors, a website that will draw fans in and keep them coming back for more, and some free marketing and networking.

For all of the info be sure to visit our site, http://www.findtheaxis.com, and cruise all the pages. We have a lot of info that will benefit you and prices that are extremely competitive for the industry. It is still under 'construction' so to speak, but should be enough to get your juices flowing for what we can offer.

I look forward to seeing who our first guest will be so keep your eyes open for new postings regularly! They will be books and authors from all genres, in paper and e-book form along with podcasts/audio, so there will be something posted for you at some point. Enjoy - oh and be sure to leave comments. We love to see fans posting things about their favorite authors!

Talk to you all soon,

--FTA