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Friday, July 22, 2011

My Guest Blogger Debut... and a Cover Concept!!

It's been a busy week!

I finished up my final big edit of Base Spirits, just in time for my 'day job' writing described video scripts to kick in. I had a meeting with a local gang of creative women-- the Network Gals-- and sharing what we're up to artistically always gets us all excited about our own projects. I was also honoured to have 'guest blogged' for the first time here: http://www.hannahwarrenauthor.com/?p=1488 My humble thanks to author Hannah Warren for the kind invitation! Her blog is worth a close look. Have a wander through.

Okay. I was trying to wait until after the final tweaks had been made, but I got this last night and it is FAR too cool not to share!!

I have a book cover!! And WHAT a book cover!

Jeez... I'm shouting. Sorry. I'm just so happy with it!

A million thanks to author Mark Edward Hall. I 'met' Mark on Twitter and admired the cover designs on his website: http://www.markedwardhall.com. He generously put me in touch with artist Neil Jackson. Much more of his work can be viewed here: http://thepennydreadfulcompany.com/ I'll post his contact info when I hear back... just holding off until then. It's only polite to ask, and I want to be sure to direct traffic in the right direction.

There are a few very minor tweaks, but here it is! Ta-da!!! What do you think? Pretty damned snazzy, eh? You may recognize the Durham Cathedral sanctuary door knocker. I have a bit of a fetish for it... and it has never seemed more striking and appropriate!

7 comments:

  1. Wow Ruth. What a looker! History oozing with creepiness.

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  2. Wow! I think it is fab. Can you judge a book by it's cover? I hope so!

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  3. Thanks for the great comments! Yeah, I'm pretty damned happy!

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  4. That looks great! The red on the grey really grabs your attention, and it's hard to guess whether those eyes are looking at you maliciously, or with an intense curiosity...

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  5. Thanks Dawn... perhaps it's an intensely malicious curiosity... !

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  6. Beautiful cover! Just followed you over from Hannah's blog.

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  7. Many thanks for following, Jennifer-- I love the cover, too!

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