New covers!
23 Sep
I’m a bit excited about the new cover for The Secret Diary of a Princess: a novel of Marie Antoinette
This is the new cover for Blood Sisters
I think I can see now why headless ladies are so popular on historical fiction novels – the model in the original photos that these covers were taken from was CAKED in make up (including very heavy blue eyeshadow) so I had to lop her head off in order to make it look even reasonably authentic. I’m extremely pleased with the results though and am planning to launch a matching completely new look for Before the Storm within the next few days.
"You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully. "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is." - Anne of Green Gables.
Both covers look great! blood Sisters is next on my list. At the moment I am reading, Ken Follett’s Winter of the World. Only 796 pages to go!
I really like these covers which are quite attractive in the blue hue. Very sophisticated and professional. The look of an accomplished author. Bravo!
The covers are very pretty and attention getting, as book covers should be, but I’m a little displeased at the latest fad in book-covers: chopping off the female’s head, or part of it. Why do they do that?
Well, in this case, as I explained in the blog post, I was rather forced into it as I couldn’t find any pictures where the model wasn’t completely caked in inappropriate make up!
I’m not just being sarcastic, I’d really like to know. Sometimes one gets the entire body (enveloped in a fabulous dress) other times, just the torso. Are the artists/publishers thinking the woman reading the book will mentally put her face onto the woman on the cover?
Ooooooh I like!
When will you finally have your novels printed? I am an old-fashioned girl and I really prefer to curl up with a book rather than an e-reader.
I’m planning to release limited print versions of my books later this year. I haven’t to date as I wanted to keep costs down for readers and self published print books tend to horribly expensive, which I would feel really guilty about!
I like these covers a lot. There is also something quite fitting to me about your pen-name being Madam Guillotine, and your women having their heads lopped off.
But perhaps I am over-thinking this?
Isn’t she aged about 8-14 in Secret Diary of a Princess? Perhaps a bit much in the way of boobs? Or does it finish later than I remember? Love the outfit though.
The Blood Sisters cover looks suitably furtive as well, like she is sneaking around trying to avoid getting her head chopped off.
I just got finished reading The Secret Diary of a Princess on my kindle and am wanting more. The book was very good. Will you be writing more on Marie Antoinette?
Love the covers, the masked ball definitely appeals to me. It’s always been an ambition of mine to go to one, something very mysterious and glamorous about them.