Welcome the new Swithen “S”

Greetings friends! While you are going about your business a lot of changes are happening behind the scenes at your favorite Arthurian book series. 

As surely you know since my book series is always top of mind for you, we’re gearing up for a big relaunch of the series early next year (I hope!) featuring a completely rewritten Book 1 and seriously revised Books 2 and 3. These got a LOT more revised than I expected when I started, but I think they’re all going to be much stronger. Keep in mind that if you are further along in the series, there’s no need to go back.

When the series launches again the books will all have new covers and in one case, a new title. They will also have… a new S for the cover and as icon for the whole series! The previous S, which I adore, is a standard type face and as such could be used for any series, any line of mouse traps, any soda pop, anything. It’s generic. It’s not mine. So I got thinking; what if I had my very own S that only applies to my series? So that’s what I did.

I looked at a bunch of different Medieval scripts, and retained the elegance of the old S with a split middle that I was seeing in some cool Medieval script types. A little freehand drawing, a lot of cleanup (I know, it needs more cleanup), and what we have is the new S that you will see on the new book covers and anywhere else (Instagram, Twitter, etc.) that the series is referenced.

Your thoughts are always welcome. Otherwise, thank you for your attention and please feel free to return to your regularly scheduled business!