I tried four different times and started four different blog posts and nothing sounded right.

I came up with something Saturday night that was actually pretty unhinged and not like me at all. My gut told me not to publish it, and at the last minute, listened to my intuition (writing this on Sunday night at 9pm). Don’t need you all to think I’m losing my mind.

For now, if you’re publishing this summer and need some help, I have a few tutorials that will point you in the right direction:

I recently updated (like a couple days ago) how you can make a full paperback book wrap in Canva:
https://vaniamargene.com/2022/06/13/updated-creating-a-full-wrap-paperback-book-cover-using-canva-plus-more-screenshots/

Once you have that, you can make an ebook cover, and you can read how I do it here:
https://vaniamargene.com/2024/09/09/how-to-turn-your-books-cover-full-wrap-pdf-into-an-ebook-cover/

If you’re planning on publishing on IngramSpark, I talk you through it here:
https://vaniamargene.com/2024/03/18/an-ingramspark-tutorial/

That’s all I got, but it feels safer than what I was going to publish. I’ve felt good, just maybe trying to find some balance with living life now that I’m feeling better and where writing fits into all that with how the publishing industry is. I certainly don’t want to say anything I’ll regret.

Anyway, have a good week, and hopefully I can come up with something better next time.