Fay Thompson, Author/Artist

@faythompsonauthor.bsky.social

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I write Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror that is slightly bent, a bit fun and certain to be an adventure. I also art. I encourage writers of all levels with writing. Nevada! NO AI here. DMs closed!

Shaping the spine of a hardcover book
Westcott AS-2A and AS-2B
This is a stack of glued text blocks waiting for casing in.
Installing new floor
Map of one side of Vani (a scifi novel)
Potatoheads
two anthologies (samples)
Sample of a small collection
market spread sheet sample
Image of gold foil on a book spine
Green foiled dragonfly
3 act play structure
Novel cover painting about 75% done
Nebula award list.
Flattening bookcloth
unrolled blue bookcloth
My friend tabling at BookFest - Sparks, NV He is a Fantasy writer.
sample of a hardcover beta/arc title. Email me and include a snail address for shipping.
bookmark
Finished front
Blurb for copyright page.
spine shaper tool
cased in cover
Old sample spread sheet for tracking short story sales. You make your own.
Deadly Duo and Green Lantern
old spreadsheet of market listings to show you what it should look like
the two stickers
A bookmark charm (dragonfly) The book is The Bug Mage, BETA.
bookmark charms
finishing press
Image of printed hardcover bookcloth
Hardcover hinge spacer tool
This identifies the image for my records - the license is standardized on the website and a copy of that will go in my file. Always pay your artists.
green design for endpaper
printing on bookcloth
humidity gauge
4 colors of bookcloth
Hardcover book hinge plates
display box by display2go
Foiling Stamps
Florence from Wicked Sister
Cami
BETA hardcovers
Novel file
Sample submission tracker - note there are 70 market listings here
template drawn on bookcloth
2 covers and 2 spines
A view of how the articulation works.
6 articulated book covers from my class today
showing the headbands, book cloth and ribbon
raw text blocks with blank cover
precise v5 pen
Formatting a novel today!
Image of generic publishing agreement template
Font invoice for file
Image of thumbdrive on novel file
Photo of a copyright registration inside a file
View of novel sticker on outside of file