Rachael Caringella | Talk2TheTrees: Book Illustrations

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Little Dead Riding Hood Signed Copies

So Amazon gave us all a little surprise and released Little Dead Riding Hood early! That same day the book showed up on my door! It was the same day I was heading out to the Wild Women Symposium and was in a huge hurry so I wasn't able to do a thing! Now that the dust has settled a bit, I'm able to post about it.

"Unlike most kids, Scarlet Small’s problems go far beyond just trying to fit in. She would settle for a normal life, but being a 12-year-old vampire for an entire century is a real pain in the neck. Plus, her appetite for security guards, house pets, and tomato juice is out of control. In order to keep their vampire-secret, Scarlet’s parents resort to yet another move. At her new school, Scarlet not only has a strange skeleton-girl as a classmate, but a smelly werewolf is intent on revealing her secret. When Scarlet meets Granny—who fills her with cookies, goodies, and treats, and seems to understand her more than anyone—she’s sure things will finally be different. But with a fork-stabbing incident, a cherry pie massacre, and a town full of crazy people, Scarlet’s positive she’ll never live to see another undead day."

First off, this book was hard work. Meaning it's full of even more illustrations than the first! In fact it has double the illustrations. Looking through the book was fun because I got to see the illustrations again.. some of them I forgot about!

Here are some sneak peaks of some of the illustrations.

Doing these books has made me love pen and ink drawings as that's what the Tarot deck consists of.

I'll be selling autographed copies again.

This time instead of selling just 10 I will be taking preorders..

Each book will have my signature and a doodle just for you.. and Amie the Author is also sending some book plates for each book!

So you could order them through amazon, or get an autographed copy through me!

I am selling them on Etsy for 13.00 each plus 4.00 shipping. It may take several weeks for them to arrive to you as I will have to place a large order, wait for the books to come, then sign them, then ship them out! So please be patient!

I will have the preorders open for about 2 weeks and will send updates to those who purchase it.

Purchase your autographed and doodled on copy here!

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

So Much Going On

Yesterday was a big day. I buckled down and finished all orders, edited all photos, listings AND listed a bunch of stuff. I worked maybe 14 hours yesterday.. I wouldn't have eaten or gone to bed if it weren't for Sterling.. It was hard to tear me away from the computer! But, I knew that if I got all of that work done, I would have time to actually create.. You know, the fun side of running a business.

Here's what happened yesterday for today:

I have listed Cinderskella in my shop! Don't worry, I got permission from Etsy, and Jolly Fish Press to do this. I have a limited amount of books to sell, so get them quick! I already had FIVE sell yesterday, leaving only 10 left! If you buy them through Etsy, I will sign them and ship them to you myself. The price is the exact same as what you could get at the book store. The book still hasn't been released yet, and once I have my batch of books, I'll send it out!

Inside the book, other than a pretty adorable story, are 26 full illustrations by me, as well as 28 chapter heading illustrations. The cover was also designed and painted by me! And it's only 13.00!

Not a bad deal. Buy it here!

Just added to the shop...