It's REALLY hard to get good art these days ... mostly because so few people care that the supply of artists has dried up. Art is really secondary when everyone is buying their books on-line. The good artists are also often pretty hard to work with. The guy who did The Diamond of Jeru Audio was excellent but he wouldn't talk to me without his agent on the line. Afraid of being asked to do too much or something. That's not the way to form a relationship.

With Greg I can just give him a sentence or two. Sometimes when I see the rough version I'll ask for some adjustments, you can't do this if you can't learn as you go. But again it's usually a pretty short conversation. We can do that because we've been working together for almost 30 years and we talk about sorts of other stuff. Each pretty much knows how the other thinks. We don't always get a home run like LOTB but it does increase the chances!