In between writing (apparently, I’m randomly working on an Opal short story that falls after Amplifier 4) I’ve been thinking about branding because it’s a topic I’m discussing with my SFWA mentee, Natasha. We’ve been chatting about book covers and finding something simple but evocative to convey the genre and tone of your story in […]
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I’m exceedingly pleased to announce that Kobo Writing Life has selected the book cover for Unleashing Echoes (Reconstructionist 3) as one of their top ten sci-fi and fantasy covers of 2017. YAY! And now KWL would like you to vote on your favourite for the top spot. The other book covers are breathtaking and it’s […]
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Dowser Series: new book covers
I contacted Elizabeth Mackey about doing a book cover for the upcoming Dowser 7 last week. At same time, I mentioned that I’d been thinking about revamping or rebranding all the covers, but that I was hesitant to do so because the books had done really well with the lighter, simple covers. Then I just […]
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Dowser Series Cover Reveals
I’d been thinking about rebranding the Dowser series for awhile, and knowing I was about to publish the third book in the series this seemed like the perfect timing. I adore Irene Langholm, who has done ALL of my book covers up to this point, but together we thought another cover designer might bring some […]
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Good Book Covers
Gertie, the moderator of the Apocalypse Whenever group over on Goodreads, started a topic about the importance of good book covers a few days ago, which I’d missed seeing until this morning. In the post, Gertie gives a huge shout out to my covers by Irene Langholm, which reminded me of this fun post Irene did […]
So I have received some feedback that the current ebook cover I am using for After The Virus is a little dark (aka doesn’t “pop” enough) and not as genre specific as it could be, but I find that I’m a little concerned about making a change when I have already begun branding the book […]