Photobash Envy

How long does it take the rest of you to fake a photo?

Amethyst Qu

Nov 22·3 min read

Macaw flying away over an unrestored New World pyramid — The ruin at Caracol archeological reserve in Belize was photographed by the author. The flying Scarlet Macaw by Tim Sackton was clipped from his image “Scarlet Macaws” under CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

It always takes longer than it should for me to make a cover image. When you’re publishing a novel, you always have the option to give up and hire somebody else to do it, but you’d be nuts to do that on short stories or news/opinion items. It simply isn’t cost-effective.