One of the many satisfying aspects of independently producing a book of short stories included creating my own cover art. The process reminded me, however, that the quality of art lies in the beholder, meaning that art may be interpreted by the viewer in ways the artist never intended.
Here’s the cover art in situ . . . (Original Artwork: Mark Zeiger)
. . . This is what I intended people to see in the cover . . . (Original Artwork: Mark Zeiger)
The last few nights I’ve been creeping around after midnight, surfing the Internet between midnight and 6:00 a.m., during the “free,” bandwidth period. Actually, I’m not surfing, really. I’m very focused, updating the blogs, and uploading new pages for my current Web client.
Our satellite Internet provider monitors bandwidth usage, limiting clients to 2 gigabytes in a rolling week. Exceeding the limit drops one back to dial up speeds until the threshold drops below 1.5 gigabytes. We soared past the limit a few days ago, and by the looks of things, we just dropped today. Hopefully, that means I’ll be able to sleep through the night again.
It’s been annoying, but in a way, this couldn’t have happened at a better time.
