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Article 9
I’m so thrilled to reveal the beautiful new cover to the next book in the The City of Dark Pleasures series, The Amber Columns. But first a reminder about book I, The Obsidian Stairway: When O’Mara is...
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Dystopian Covers
Once in a while I like to highlight some covers along a theme. Today it’s dystopia. Of course there are few ways of evoking dystopia. Ruined skylines are a popular approach, as are washed out or even...
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Using Other Covers to Inspire You
Of course my clients want a unique cover, and I always try, within the constraints of using stock art, to give them that. But that doesn’t mean together we can’t use other covers as a starting point. I...
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Article 5
I’m so thrilled to celebrate the release of the next book in the The City of Dark Pleasures series, The Amber Columns. But first a reminder about book I, The Obsidian Stairway: When O’Mara is assigned...
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“Companion” Covers
Many of my clients write series. And some of them write “companion” novellas, shorts stories or even novels to go with their series. A companion story or book is something set in the same universe as...
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How to Stay OUT of the Amazon Dungeon
Some of my clients write erotica. Some write romance with erotic elements. Some write steamy romance. Whatever you call it, it serves the author to have a cover that reflects the content. Readers often...
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Biker Chicks 2
Bikers, the ultimate alpha males. But what of women who ride? These sexy independent road warriors shirk the conventions of lady-like behaviour and live life by their own terms – wild and free. BIKER...
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Using Public Domain Images
Recently the New York Public Library launched a website where you can download from nearly 200,000 public domain images. Believe it or not there is no permission required and no restrictions on use....
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Covers Without Characters
I read a confession on one of those reader confession blogs the other day that went along the lines of “I never read a book with photograph of models or people on the cover”. While I think that’s...
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Biker Chicks 3
Bikers, the ultimate alpha males. But what of women who ride? These sexy independent road warriors shirk the conventions of lady-like behaviour and live life by their own terms – wild and free. BIKER...
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New Series – Werewolves
It’s always so fun doing werewolf covers. Here’s a new series by Katharine Sadler that was so much fun to put together. I was going for a kind of pulp fiction/B movie horror look which is what the...
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Illustrated Covers For Romance Novels
A radical shift has occurred over the past couple of years in romance publishing (including YA romance) with regards to the way contemporary romance is being branded. Where previously illustrated...
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