the mysteries of cover art & copy

[mizkit]

Very soon I'm taking the first 150 pages of the QUEEN'S BASTARD manuscript and going out of the house to do galley edits on it, because...well, because I believe if I stay at home I won't actually do them. I'll find a million other little things to do instead, and probably many of them will be things that need doing, but

Comments

[j_cheney]

I like the cover. Very nice!

[ex_kaz_maho]

That cover seriously ROCKS! Beautiful.

[peartreealley]

Wow. That's one hell of a cover. I'd certainly pick it up off the shelf even if I didn't recognize the name ;)

(Also, the cover copy is intriguing...)

[logrusboy]

Ooooh...dangerous boobies....

Sorry, did you say something? :)

I really enjoy reading all the insights into the real life of a famous (okay, proto-famous if you want to quibble) author. I always suspected that blurbs were written by some marketing wonk who, if you were lucky, had read the synopsis. Nice to know that sometimes the author can have input into the blurb and try to make it say something interesting and relevant and fun but doesn't spoil anything.

Of course, I'd buy a book if the only words on the cover were "C. E. Murphy".

[mizkit]

Of course, I'd buy a book if the only words on the cover were "C. E. Murphy".

I love you, my agent loves you, my editors love you... :)

[logrusboy]

You could try writing something crappy so I'd have to be more selective.

[meharet]

SHINY!! Booobalicious! My coworker's eyeballs popped out at that cover. He's 27. He doesn't read Fantasy. He wants that book.

[mizkit]

TQB for teh win! Yay!

Remind him of this in May. :)