Display your Cover on your Screen
This year has taken a l-o-n-g time in the passing and an even greater toll of hopes, dreams and productivity. But although my productivity output is less than zilch, the input has been never-ending.
Hopefully some ideas may be of use in boosting and and cheering your own output.
Monday Tip 1
This one is lovely and was suggested to me by Melissa Storm. Published both traditionally and independently, she is a prolific author,wonderful mentor and pillar of support for writers and illustrators worldwide.
Display your motivation on your desktop
After battling a love-but-mostly-hate relationship with Windows 10 for the past year, I am learning slowly some of the cool things it can do.
To display a picture on the screen:
1. Tap the windows icon beside the search bar. this brings up your Start menu. Obvious? Sorry, no. It wasn't to me. Choose settings from the left of the start menu--the cog icon above the power button.
2.Click on Personalization, then Background.
3.Choose between picture/solid background and slideshow
4. Browse for the picture you want. I chose the cover from the book I'm working on to remind me what I'm supposed to be doing every time I switch on.
5. You can then select how to display it on screen. Fill, fit, stretch, tile or even slideshow.
Job done. Windows takes care of the rest.
Why Buy the Cover Before Writing the Book?
This sounds more than a bit like the chicken and the egg question but many authors do exactly this.
- The cover acts as inspiration for the story
- Displaying the cover signifies intent and means you have to keep writing forward. You have fans waiting.
- You have invested time, money or both in the cover. You need to make that back.
And, of course, it looks great on your screen.
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Cover by kind permission of designer Julie Hatton of Economical Premade Covers in aid of Action Medical Research for Children.
