Daeus

@kate-flournoy @anyone-else. I’m gonna write for an hour, then possibly some more.

@emma-flournoy *throws hands in the air* I changed it because your sister told me to. Go fight it out with her!

Seriously @kate-flournoy, what do you think?

Hey, y’all, this any better?

Matthew is sworn to avenge a murder. His dedication to his wronged family is powerful enough to bring him through any trial, but youth and inexperience hold him back. Setting out to find new strength, he encounters tangled plots, tragedies, bandits, and a deep uncertainty surrounding his destiny. Matthew returns years…[Read more]

@winter-rose. Hmm. I’m not sure if the gradation in the color is giving it that feel or if it’s just the color. One way or another though, I think I can get it fixed.

Were you thinking something more medieval like…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Aye aye. Will do, miss. Since you mentioned perspective…

@kate-flournoy Uh… well I was doing productive thinking, but all I could think of every moment was how to fix the cover and I was starting to feel a bit sick from it. That’s what happens when I can’t think of anything but one thing.

@kate-flournoy Thanks. You probably saved me from a premature death by worry. I might be able to work the nose in too, but we’ll see.

Alright. I think I’ve finally settled on an idea here. I’m thinking I’ll have the guy shrunken and focusing in just on him as a bust shot, leaving out his hand. I’ll put him down in the bottom 3/10ths of the page in the right-hand corner. On the left-hand side of the bottom 3/10ths of the page, I’ll have this letter from the story being consumed…[Read more]

Ok, folks.

So while we’re here, I thought I’d share a lesson I just learned about book covers. I went throughout our house and looked at all the novels we have then went and browsed the classics section on amazon. Here’s what I learned about what makes a good book cover.

#1 It’s simple. You don’t have to study it, you understand everything…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Oh, yeah. The girl would be nixed.

Here’s another idea I had. What if I had the guy without his cane thingy (a little more zoomed up on his face) and then put him at the very bottom of the page with flames licking around him and then transitioned into a plain white and made the font more prominent. (in which case I would also…[Read more]

Thanks, @dragon-snapper. The letter over his face will be removed when the design is done.

Here’s another idea I just had. What if I could get a crack going down the center. On the right side I could keep it black, but on the left side I could make it white. Perhaps the font would be adjusted to fit that. I don’t know. I would like to put…[Read more]

Ok, here’s a note. The themes of this book are.

Justice
Destiny
Love

Pretty much in that order too. Now here’s the #1 impression I want to make with the cover. I want to make it seem like the character is struggling over some issue, important choice, or haunting past.

@kate-flournoy So here’s the best idea I’ve come up with so far. You know that letter he wrote to his sister then burned in the fire? What if I were to show that on the top (as an actual letter of course) and then have the flames licking it from the bottom and a black at the bottom of the page that mostly shrouds Edwin until it morphs into the…[Read more]

@mark-kamibaya Do you think it’s because of the girl, or would it look that way even if I took the girl out and added something to make it look more literary or actiony?

@mark-kamibaya Ahgh! That’s just what I don’t want!

@kate-flournoy Vampires. Ugh. That’s why I didn’t like the girl’s affect. You’re right. *grimaces*

So I’m gonna try to reimagine this cover. I like the guy, but maybe something else needs to change. Maybe even forget the guy? Who knows?

Now if any of you have any ideas, I’d gladly take them,…[Read more]

Ah, yes, I was thinking a redish-gold actually.

@hope Let’s hope the mice don’t eat her. Mice do that, you know.

You’re probably right about just having the hand. I’m thinking I’ll try for just a locket, thought perhaps the girl and/or just hand could be edited to work.

Here. Let me see if it will appear bigger if I turn it sideways.

@i-j-anderson Thanks! Regardless of the girl’s age, do you think she fits well aesthetically? Does she look a bit too ghostly or not match the coloring? Do you think maybe she could fit perfect, but there needs to be certain edits first?

There’s no actual problem with her age, I just wanted her to be more like six, but I’ll compromise on that for…[Read more]

Ahh! Hold on, Kate. Don’t die.

Sorry, folks. Kate’s dead. Who’s gonna write her eulogy?