Linking Authors with Artists!

We have loads of amazing authors here, and loads of amazing artists, both on .art and across the Fediverse as a whole!

Are you an author looking to commission a book cover, a map, or some concept art for your publication? Put a shout out for artists with the #Commission tag .

Are you an artist who does book cover work? Advertise your services with #CommissionsOpen .

Remember to use the big general tags on your posts too, #Writing and #MastoArt for example.

Adding to this, there are some people here who offer editing, formatting, and layout help when you're publishing, and can offer help with getting your writing set up for self publishing in e-book format.

@dmoonfire is one such person (and I can personally vouch for his great work!) - but I'm sure there are others out there! Feel free to say hi below if you offer such services, for people to find you :D

@Curator hi!  I’ve been doing formatting and layout lately for print and ebooks. My portfolio website linked in my profile has a couple of samples if anyone is interested :)

@Curator

Hello! I am a writer, editor, artist, and illustrator. Recently I started combining my narrative articles with hand-drawn illustration. I posted the first to my own publication (see https://terroirreview.com/2022/09/05/the-gravner-notebook/ ).

I'm flagging myself #commissionsopen to do more of this for other publications!

The Gravner Notebook – Terroir Review

In a hand-illustrated interview, Friulian winemaker Joško Gravner, a pioneer of modern orange wine, shares his vision, values, and radical new plan.

Terroir Review
@Curator I wonder if there are Sensitivity Readers around, too?
@AmaBagins There definitely are! @bright_helpings is one I think?

@Curator Correct! I do sensitivity reading for disabled (specifically blind) and LGBT+ (specifically bi and trans) topics.

And just beta reading in general, including as a native English speaker for people who aren't (with some understanding of differences between U.S./UK/Commonwealth English).
@AmaBagins

@bright_helpings @Curator Fantastic! I don’t need a reader right now, but will do in the future, so this is good to know :3
@AmaBagins @Curator Yeah I don't know if there's a list of us somewhere, maybe there should be... :)
@Curator Bookmarking for future use.