A useful resource for writers

The blog Making Light has a lot of discussion that's useful for writers -- I've even got links to two posts on my LiveJournal sidebar. But it's not always easy to find specific topics, because there's just so much of it, mixed in amongst general fannish conversation. Which is why Kelly McCullough put together A Writer's Index to Making Light. This only goes up to the end of 2006, but there's a wealth of information in the indexed posts. The same blog also has an index to Miss Snark.

(I need to add these to my sidebar, but only after I've had my second mug of tea...)

step by step on a piece of cover art

Cover artist Reese Dante does a step by step on the creation of the cover art for Oracle by RJ Scott. The attention to detail here is awe-inspiring.