Yes, I’ve promised stories and lessons learned from the last three months of publishing drama with Dorchester–I’ve actually pitched the journey/adventure as a workshop (with my agent) to two different conferences so far. So, more to come soon.
But first. A reminder of how out-of-the-author’s-control so much of this industry is, just in case there was any misunderstanding about whether or not cover choice can substantially affect the saleability of a book.
I give you today’s visual learning tool…
This is the cover of the sexy, fabulous anthology I was asked to do with Vicki Lewis Thompson and Jade Lee, released domestically, January, 2009.
I had a blast writing my novella, Weekend Meltdown. It was sassy and current and an opportunity to dive into aspects of my creativity and style I hadn’t been able to play with in my family-oriented Superomances.
This cover, we were told, was supposed to draw readers to the emotionally-charged and, yes, hot content of our winter reads. FINALLY, I’d get to have something more than a cute, cuddling couple on the front of one of my books.
Eh-hem…the above is what the North American art department came up with for our bold adventure.
Makes me think of, I don’t know, finding a pair of socks to ward of the chill or something. (more…)
