I admittedly did not officially sign up for the alphabetical challenge this year, only because life has been chaotic lately and I didn't want to risk making it official and then having to shift things around. All that said, I'm going to do my best to share something on all 26 days of the challenge.
My theme for this A to Z month is a bookish one. I'll be creating my own covers for some of my favorite books, but with cats. Because of course. Actually, there will be a day or two when it'll be a pup instead of a kitty on the cover, but all in all it'll be an animal book cover sort of month.
I've mentioned far too many times how there's a new, still in-progress, absolutely insane series of fantasy books that I've been enjoying the past couple of years. What's more, this series will be taking up 8 book cover slots this month, most of them being in the first few letters. Thankfully, though, one of the main characters is a Persian tortie cat who can talk, so putting a kitty on the covers is quite easy.
The books in this series won't be in order during this challenge, because the alphabet wouldn't allow for that. I'll also note that I'll be taking some liberties this month to get a book I want for each letter. Rather than always basing it on the book title itself, I'll sometimes be using the author's name, a character name, or a concept in the book as the reason why it falls under that letter. In fact, I had to do just that for the very first letter, A. In truth, I tend to call this book The Anarchist's Cookbook, but it's actually called The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook. But, since something called none other than the Anarchist's Cookbook plays a big role in this book, I let it be the contribution for the letter A.
So, here's my unofficial, artistic recreation of the cover for The (Dungeon) Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman.
So, here's my unofficial, artistic recreation of the cover for The (Dungeon) Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman.
[Reminder/Disclaimer/whatever you want to call it: This is not a real, true cover of this book. My name is also not Matt Dinniman, and I am not the author of this book. I'm just someone who likes books and cats and so drew this unofficial feline version of this book cover.]
This is the third book in this wild and crazy Dungeon Crawler Carl series that I enjoy so much. Some would say the main character of the books is Carl in his magical heart boxers, but I would debate the true star is Persian tortie Princess Donut. The particular book above involves lots of trains, the aforementioned Anarchist's Cookbook, and of course Donut in her tiara and sunglasses and other magical gear.
You'll be getting another cover with that their kitty Princess Donut yet again tomorrow. And the day after that. And I think the day after that as well. I promise there will be far more variety in books coming up later in the month. I've really been enjoying drawing Princess Donut, though, so I'm not complaining about the current streak of books starring her.
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Of course we now have a photo of sweet angel pup Astrid to share on this Woof Woof Wednesday. Or maybe it's actually an Adventures with Astrid sort of post, as I liked the look of this photo of my smiling pup on a sunny walk a couple years ago.
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Tip of the Day
April is Heartworm Awareness Month. For the next couple of days, therefore, we're going to repeat some heartworm tips we've given before. So, these tips may sound familiar, but we've decided to share them again for this significant month.
We'll start simple and remind you all that heartworms come from mosquitoes, and a dog or cat can become infected if they are bit by a mosquito carrying larvae. This can occur in either indoor or outdoor furbabies. For indoor animals, you can try to keep all windows and doors closed, in hopes to prevent mosquito entry into the house. However, they can enter through cracks, or simply when you open the door to enter or exit. What's more, it is possible for mosquitoes to be out and about year round, even in the winter. For this reason, our first, very significant tip is to simply consider keeping your dogs and cats on preventatives that include heartworm coverage, and that you do this year round.
We'll start simple and remind you all that heartworms come from mosquitoes, and a dog or cat can become infected if they are bit by a mosquito carrying larvae. This can occur in either indoor or outdoor furbabies. For indoor animals, you can try to keep all windows and doors closed, in hopes to prevent mosquito entry into the house. However, they can enter through cracks, or simply when you open the door to enter or exit. What's more, it is possible for mosquitoes to be out and about year round, even in the winter. For this reason, our first, very significant tip is to simply consider keeping your dogs and cats on preventatives that include heartworm coverage, and that you do this year round.
2 comments:
Astrid was gorgeous. Great photo of her :-D I like the book cover your created, I bet it would be a fun one :-D
What a fun idea for the challenge! (When you have a chance to check, I sent an email to your blog email address to pick your brain :) )
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