Danielle Ackley-McPhail 
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Contents
From the Author     
Preface: The Basics     

Part One – The Cover
Cover Lexicon     
Chapter 1 – Putting a Pretty Face on It     
Chapter 2 – The Fine Details of Composition     
Chapter 3 – No Junk in the Trunk     
Chapter 4 – Putting it All Together     
Cover Checklist     

Part Two – The Text Block 
Text Lexicon     
Chapter 5 – The Nuts and Bolts     
Chapter 6 – Typesetting Pitfalls     
Chapter 7 – Standard Amenities     
Text Checklist     

Afterword     
Appendix: Avoiding Some Mistakes I’ve Made     
About the Author     
Glossary     
Index     

Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-Mc Phail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with husband Mike Mc Phail and friend Greg Schauer to form her own publishing house, e Spec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include six novels, Yesterday’s Dreams, Tomorrow’s Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, and the non-fiction writers’ guide, The Literary Handyman, and is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike Mc Phail and two extremely spoiled cats.
To learn more about her work, visit www.sidhenadaire.com or www.especbooks.com.