(For context: an interior shot, painted for the illustrated Subterranean Press edition of Network Effect, the first full-length Murderbot novel)

She asks if anything would be different if the illustrations were two-color, but as the Murderbot books I did for Sub Press were already black and white I said: “No, not really, and honestly black and white is tough in other ways.” But I’m honest about what I’m paid, how the process tends to go, etc., just glad for a chance to help Lauren out because historically it’s always the other way round. I get the idea I’m not really supposed to know why, so I don’t ask too much. So she calls me to ask me some questions about how much I’m getting paid on illustrated editions for companies like Subterranean Press, Grim Oak, and so on. She and I can dive into the nuances of the publishing world together, and both find it all super fascinating. She’s like my industry big sister / personal Yoda. Lauren Panepinto is the Creative Director at Orbit Books, and she’s also someone who’s taught me a lot about the book cover industry over time. This job started in a bit of an unusual way, because I knew it might happen before it “officially happened.” The second part will follow next time, and I’ll further break each of the three posts down into “major stages” using section headers.

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