Jo Michaels Blog

Happy Thursday, good people of the blogosphere! I know you're all excited that tomorrow's Friday, but I'm still bringing you a l...

Happy Tuesday, good people of the blogosphere! Today, we're talking about setting up your file in Adobe Photoshop CS5 so you can design ...

Happy hump day, good people of the blogosphere! How lovely is it our week is almost half over? Very! Today, we're talking about what you...

Happy Monday, good people of the blogosphere! How are you all today? I hope the start of this week brings you many smiles! Today, I'm go...

Happy day, good people of the blogosphere! Today I'd like to talk with you all about phenomenons called static elements and dynamic el...

Hello, lovely people of the blogosphere! This week will be a designer's look at what you're doing on different platforms and will b...

Hello, lovely people of the blogosphere! This week will be a designer's look at what you're doing on different platforms and will b...

Hello, lovely people of the blogosphere! This week will be a designer's look at what you're doing on different platforms and will b...

Hello, lovely people of the blogosphere! This week will be a designer's look at what you're doing on different platforms and will b...

Hello, lovely people of the blogosphere! This week will be a designer's look at what you're doing on different platforms and will be...

Since I've started buying more indie books, I'm noticing a scary trend: incorrect interior formatting. Now, you might wonder why t...

Any of you that interact with me on Twitter , FaceBook or those who follow my blog , have most likely noticed a recent change in the appear...

We write like we eat: plan the book (idea), write an outline, write chapter-by-chapter, plan the meal, cook the meal, eat the meal bite-by-b...

I have announced the release of my book, The Indie Author's Guide to: Building a Great Book and I'm sitting on pins and needles hop...

One of my biggest headaches as a writer is the bulk of my laptop and the slim loveliness of my iPad and iPhone. When I'm at my desk at h...

Yesterday I wrote almost five thousand words. Drivel, unimaginative, lonely words. Why? Because I'm writing a non-fiction book. It's...

On to yet another day in the Author Blog Challenge . If you haven't signed up yet, feel free. The link is on the right. And the prompt t...

Explaining today the process for cover design. Hold on to your hats!!   Describe your process for choosing and designing your book cover....

I just signed up to participate in the 28 day Author Blog Challenge that is going to run the month of June. It made me laugh when I decided ...

I see so many people make the basic mistake of combining more than two fonts for a book cover or using two different serif or sans-serif fon...