View the cover illustration for Guardians of the Desert–in person

New Englanders, here’s a chance to see the cover illustration created by artist Aaron Miller for Leona Wisoker‘s Guardians of the Desert–in person. Aaron will be exhibiting this work at a group exhibit of sci-fi and fantasy art at Spirit Gallery in New London, CT. Aaron says,

Spirit Gallery Tattoo’s gallery is presenting “Drawn Today”  – a collection of sci-fi and fantasy themed artwork by artists of the Drawn Today illustration blog. The show will open on Saturday, March 5 with an artists’ reception held that evening from 6-8 p.m.

And there’s a podcast about the event on the Drawn Today podcast.

Visit Aaron’s blog for details on the event.

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Artist Aaron Miller on the cover for Leona Wisoker’s next book

Anybody who’s looked at our website lately knows we’ve gotten really behind on our updates there; essentially no news on our 2011 books. I’m sorry for that–but we’re working on a very complete update now. Meanwhile, work proceeds on our Spring ’11 books (more on that anon) including the sequel to Leona Wisoker’s acclaimed Secrets of the Sands: Guardians of the Desert.

We’ve been working with artist Aaron Miller on development of the cover for Guardians of the Desert. It’s so exciting to work with a concept artist who is interested in reading and responding to the tale the writer tells. I think Aaron’s enjoying the process, too; today he posted a bit about the development of the Guardians cover on his blog.

This morning, I saw the first sketch of the final design. It’s even cooler than the stuff on the blog. Everything about this book is going to be even better than the first!

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