Hey Clan!
Building a social media platform is a necessity in the publishing world. This means writers need to create with images as well as words.
In this episode of Writers Chat, writer and graphics/web designer, Rhonda Dragomir, teaches the elements of effective images, and how to create them simply with a design tool geared for the needs of writers—Book Brush.
Rhonda is joined by the Manager of Marketing and Customer Service at Book Brush, Kathleen Sweeney. Kathleen thoroughly enjoys working with authors and lends her Book Brush expertise. She offers tips on how to use Book Brush’s backgrounds, community templates, and mockups to create eye-catching images.
Live Chat Links
Do you struggle knowing what makes a great image? Gain insight from Techniques – 10 Characteristics of Great Photos.
You can learn great techniques in image composition from 20 Composition Techniques that will Improve Your Photos.
Unsplash is our favorite go-to for free, quality, stock images.
Find other free images at Pexels and yopriceville.com.
Canva is a great source to help you create social media images.
Now, if you want a source to make images that offers easy content creation geared for writers, then you’ll love, Book Brush!
Kathleen offers fantastic tutorials, right on Book Brush, to demonstrate the ease of creating content with Book Brush.
Skilled in graphics and website design, Rhonda Dragomir lives and works in Wilmore, Kentucky. She is a published writer, with five stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies. She also has numerous magazine and newsletter bylines. Rhonda was named 2019 Writer of the Year by Serious Writer, Inc., and she has won awards for both fiction and nonfiction. Her author website is www.rhondadragomir.com.
Kathleen is the Manager of Marketing and Customer Service at Book Brush. She has over 17 years of client service and business assurance experience across the financial recovery and healthcare industries. Kathleen thoroughly enjoys working with authors and helping them create eye-catching images. She lives in central Illinois with her husband and three busy boys. Her hobbies include reading and turning socks right side out.
Learn more at Book Brush.
Rhonda and I share the belief in being life-long learners. To that end, Rhonda offers a wealth of resources to writers that you can find directly on this site.
- If you’re looking for free or affordable writing resources, look no further than The Writer’s Toolbox.
- Website creation and content are a struggle for many. Whether you’re creating a website for the first time, or looking for help improving an existing site, Rhonda can help! Check out: Why Writers Need a Website, Website Wizardry & WordPress, and Live Website Critiques.
- Microsoft Word is the go-to writing program in the publishing world (despite Scrivener’s poplularity). But Word can be tricky. Rhonda offers tricks to tame the beast in Microsoft Word’s Secrets & Shortcuts.
