New Guest Blogs and Cover Art Discussion!
May. 24th, 2011 10:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jpskewedthroneI was on vacation this weekend in Provincetown and had a blast! I also had a consultation with my editor about the cover art for Leaves of Flame. She called to find out what kind of images and whatnot would be good for the cover. Normally the author doesn't have much say in the cover art at all--and I'll be interested to see whether what we discussed has any influence on the actual cover that gets produced--but I gave her my suggestions. The main image in the second book is of trees, in particular a tree called the Autumn Tree (hence the title), so most of the discussion revolved around that and how to use the tree in various ways for dramatic effect. There's also a bit about a knife, but that isn't as important in this book (it's more setup for something in book 3). I threw in a couple of other images/ideas, including a push to havel the "gaezel" of the dwarren on the front cover. There are a TON more scenes of the dwarren in this book.
In any case, it was an interesting discussion and now I can't wait to see what the art department comes up with. Hopefully something in line with the Well of Sorrows cover.
While I was away, the Penguin blog "The Author's Desk" posted a couple more blogs from me, the first a repeat of one that I've already pointed you guys to called Premature Plot Ejaculation, but also another about how I accidentally ended up in the SF&F field in the first place. What author drew me into the genre and kept me reading. For some people it's a particular book. For me, it was an author. Stop on by and check them out, and leave a comment letting everyone else know what author got YOU caught up in the SF&F field!
And just a reminder, the next Benjamin Tate novel, Leaves of Flame (January 2012), is now available for preorder on Amazon.com. Still not on Barnes & Noble yet.
And the next anthology from Patricia Bray and I, The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity, is also available for preorder! (And doing rather well considering it doesn't come out until March 2012.)
In any case, it was an interesting discussion and now I can't wait to see what the art department comes up with. Hopefully something in line with the Well of Sorrows cover.
While I was away, the Penguin blog "The Author's Desk" posted a couple more blogs from me, the first a repeat of one that I've already pointed you guys to called Premature Plot Ejaculation, but also another about how I accidentally ended up in the SF&F field in the first place. What author drew me into the genre and kept me reading. For some people it's a particular book. For me, it was an author. Stop on by and check them out, and leave a comment letting everyone else know what author got YOU caught up in the SF&F field!
And just a reminder, the next Benjamin Tate novel, Leaves of Flame (January 2012), is now available for preorder on Amazon.com. Still not on Barnes & Noble yet.
And the next anthology from Patricia Bray and I, The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity, is also available for preorder! (And doing rather well considering it doesn't come out until March 2012.)
