As part of my ever-expanding attempt to grow as an author and learn about the book industry, I am constantly reading, absorbing lessons from other writers, studying my own tactics and reformulating them, and, yes, re-thinking the stories I write and how I’ve presented them, including the covers. For example, does a particular cover accurately…Continue reading Evolution of a Cover
Category: Cover Reveals
Cover for The Enemy Within (Daughters of the People, Book 3)
The Enemy Within, the third book in the Daughters of the People Series, is scheduled for release on 3 October 2014. This lovely cover was made by L.J. Anderson of Mayhem Cover Creations, who’s done all the covers for this series. I’m really excited about this book. I know, I know, I always say that,…Continue reading Cover for The Enemy Within (Daughters of the People, Book 3)
New Covers for The Prophecy and Light’s Bane
L.J. Anderson of Mayhem Cover Creations is responsible for the lovely covers of the Daughters of the People series. While booking her time to create covers for the next three books in the series, I asked her to update the covers for The Prophecy and Light’s Bane. The changes for LB were relatively simple updates to the fonts for the…Continue reading New Covers for The Prophecy and Light’s Bane
The Cover for A Wicked Love
As promised, here’s the cover for A Wicked Love, the second installment in the Witches of Cullowhee series. I know, the look is very different from the cover for the first story, A Higher Purpose, but the characters are different, so there ya go. The credit for the cover goes to Melody Simmons. It’s lovely, isn’t it? A…Continue reading The Cover for A Wicked Love
The Cover for Light’s Bane
So, here it is, the much-awaited cover for Light’s Bane, the second book in the Daughters of the People series. Yesterday, the cover went on a mini-tour around the web, but today is just for my readers. When I first conceived of the Daughters of the People series, I had no idea which characters would carry the story forward,…Continue reading The Cover for Light’s Bane
Light’s Bane Cover Reveal Blog Tour
The cover for Light’s Bane (Daughters of the People, Book 2) is doing a cover reveal blog tour today. If you can’t wait until the tour is over to see it, here are the blogs, websites, and Facebook pages featuring this cover (in no particular order): Kitty Kats Crazy About Books Simplistic Reviews A One-click Addict’s Book…Continue reading Light’s Bane Cover Reveal Blog Tour
Cover Photo for The Prophecy: Before and After
When I decided to self-publish The Prophecy[1], Richard and I lobbed ideas back and forth, and ended up settling on a photo that highlighted the armband (with the Eye of Marnan etched into it) mentioned in the first few scenes. The EoM armband found (fictionally) at Sandby borg was made of hammered copper. Richard started fooling…Continue reading Cover Photo for The Prophecy: Before and After