Don’t Forget To Level Grind

If you’re familiar with computer games, particularly RPGs, you’ll know that “level grinding” refers to building up your character’s levels before you face a boss. Like, in the LEGEND OF ZELDA games, it’s a bad idea to face certain bosses without first getting the Master Sword and the Magic Shield and a sufficient number of Heart Containers and so forth.

In Real Life, we call this “upskilling.”

Because of The Virus, I had a bunch more time, so I decided to put that time into upgrading my cover design skills. This led me to changing the cover for WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME four times over the last nine months. You can see the progression below, and there was definite improvement by the final one.

Sadly, WRAITHSHARD is only available on Kindle Unlimited right now, but once it’s available on all the other stores next year, readers on those platforms will get the best covers right away rather than suffering through three or four iterations. 🙂

-JM