by toby | Mar 21, 2013 | Life
Beauty Venture: fences, by Toby Neal I like the shapes of fences. The repetitive patterns. The powerful metaphor of definition they convey. I've always had a little bit of a thing for fences and walls. Maybe it began with one of my favorite childhood books of all...
by toby | Mar 18, 2013 | Life
The Beauty Venture: day two. Sand. Something's happening because of the Beauty Venture. I'm looking for beauty all around me. I'm thinking about beauty more. I'm seeing beauty, in the things I move through and walk by without really taking in. Sand is one such thing....
by toby | Mar 14, 2013 | The Writing Life
Stolen in Paradise cover reveal will knock your heels off! Stolen in Paradise, A Lei Crime Companion Novel, is on track for an April release. The pieces are coming together, starting with the cover! So, I had this idea for a different sort of “feel” to...
by toby | Jan 14, 2013 | The Writing Life
Broken Ferns by Toby Neal cover reveal! Two of the things I love most about being an “indie” author is 1) the speed of being able to produce my books as fast as me and my team can develop them and 2) artistic control over the covers. After the recent blog...
by toby | Dec 22, 2012 | The Writing Life
Photographing ferns for a book cover is tricky. My professional photographer husband Mike Neal and I have been trying to get a good shot for my newest mystery, Broken Ferns, for over a month. The problem? Ferns. With several hundred types to choose from, they still...