tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post5898665528687483396..comments2024-02-06T03:31:45.606-05:00Comments on kate rothwell: Cover QueenKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-61944960759834527442009-11-25T10:24:38.800-05:002009-11-25T10:24:38.800-05:00Hi Lea and Leah!
I get that it's important to...Hi Lea and Leah!<br /><br />I get that it's important to give the art department the basic plot of the book not to mention the mood. I don't want a grinning cartoon cover on a gothick. <br /><br />But that's the beginning and end of my part of the job: making sure that those details are right, like your menage example (excellent one!). <br /><br />I must say that I was just looking at a series by a fairly well-known mystery author and was struck by how every single book looked completely different from the others. There was no connecting the covers. <br /><br />I don't like it when the covers are TOO similar (like some of those Brockmanns lately) but it seems sort of Cover Art 101 to have some connecting design theme for books featuring the same characters. <br /><br />Maybe the pros didn't talk amongst themselves enough?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-50258442713240626742009-11-25T10:06:25.426-05:002009-11-25T10:06:25.426-05:00They haven't read your book though, so your in...They haven't read your book though, so your input is important if the cover is to reflect what your book is about. <br /><br />If you've written a thriller, do you really want frou-frou flowers, if you've written a chick-lit style novel, do you want a guy with a gun on the cover? If it's a menage, it's better to make sure there are three people on the cover, so readers can quickly tell without reading the blurb.<br /><br />Yeah, dood, that stuff's important for you to tell 'em.Leah Braemelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926632511671914080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741443.post-806581436557230162009-11-25T09:57:42.306-05:002009-11-25T09:57:42.306-05:00You said it yourself, it's YOUR name on the co...You said it yourself, it's YOUR name on the cover. You're the only one people associate with the book--not the art department or even the editor. Do you really want your name on something you despise? <br /><br />Don't forget that the readers all think you had something to do with picking that cover. If you're lucky enough to have some input on your cover, don't you think you ought to use it?<br /><br />LeaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com