Sheila’s Comments (group member since Apr 20, 2012)

Sheila’s comments from the The Creative Spark with Uvi Poznansky group.

Uvi wrote: "Oh! I found out the your Kindle edition does have the cover image! Here goes:

http://www.amazon.com/Divide-by-Zero-...

On this image, I like the metallic shine..." Ah, thank you Uvi. That's a perfect feeling for the book.

Uvi wrote: "That's so amazing, Sheila. I enjoy using photoshop, for example the back cover of my book was done in photoshop, while the front cover is an image based on my oil painting. Which book was it, and w..." My children's story-books have covers with pictures I drew in Paint - Genesis People, Exodus Tales, Joshua's Journeys, Storyteller Psalms. Ah... listing them like that makes me want to get going on the next one--Battling Judges maybe? But I've been so snowed under with the release of Divide by Zero, whose cover was made by Peter Joseph Swanson is so-o-o much better than my Microsoft Paint efforts (as are your covers Uvi).

Uvi wrote: "One more thing that makes posting there cumbersome is the fact that you cannot post a link in a way that makes it clickable. This problem, which they created, they try to solve by providing a tool ..."

Sounds scary. I'll add it to my list of places to go sometime, when I'm feeling brave. Complex rules always send me running away to hide behind good intentions.

I've not visited the kindle boards yet. Would I be lost?

Ah, if only I could stay awake long enough to curl in bed with a book.

Uvi wrote: "Hi Sheila! I noticed that your debut novel, Divide by Zero, will be released in July, and its name made me chuckle, because I took a lot of math courses over the years. I am always fascinated by c..."
I'm a mathematician by training, so I suppose the title was kind of inevitable, but I think math and writing and drawing go well together--so much symbolism. I guess I get the same feeling from something making mathematical sense as I do from a story feeling right or a picture that comes out balanced just how I wanted.

The main reason I started drawing on the computer was I wanted to self-publish a book and I couldn't face scanning all my old pictures in, so I just redrew them--with MS Draw. My son was playing with Draw at the time so he gave me lots of hints, but now I move the mouse as easily as I would a pencil and it feels quite natural. Not fancy, but it works.

I love books. Comfortable to carry, easy to share, pleasing to keep like surrounding myself with old friends. But I have to confess I love my kindle too. Have kindle will travel. Have kindle will review tons of books without husband throwing a fit at the size of the to-read stack.

I'm Sheila. I write and draw, both on the computer.