Graphic Design for Busy Writers

In this course, you will learn how to make professional-looking logos, ads, marketing graphics, and more, using free software available on the web and programs already on your computer. We will cover the principles of design, color, font selection, sizing, and composition of design elements, and more.

Now, don’t panic if some of those words sound like a foreign language or bring back frustrating memories of an art or photography class. I promise that you do not need any art background or specialized skills to create your own marketing visuals. This workshop will show you how.

And if those words get your creative juices flowing, that’s all to the good, too.

I have done many things in my life and have had several exciting careers, ranging from doing ethnography with shepherds in the mountains of Greece and Italy to running a professional craft business selling handwoven garments across the country. But my degree is in art, and I have taught art and technology at the college level for several decades. I have also illustrated books and designed marketing materials for numerous organizations.

Under the pen name Zara West, I have written the romantic suspense series, The Skin Quartet, and Tide Harbor Suspense. As Joan Koster, I write biographical historical fiction about women who should never have been forgotten.

I am also the author of the top-selling Write for Success series, designed to help all authors write faster, clearer, and more creatively. I blog about historical women at Joan Koster Author, about romance at Zara West Romance, about writing tips at Zara West’s Journal, and about everyday life during the Civil War at American Civil War Voices.

So, as you can see, I have just as little time as you do to put together attractive, eye-catching marketing materials. Join me to find out how.