{"id":721,"date":"2008-01-31T12:49:34","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T20:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=721"},"modified":"2008-01-31T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T20:50:17","slug":"latest-work-2008-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"Latest Work, 2008 Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I nearly always favor the print covers over the e-book covers, and this is no exception. I especially like the print covers below because they’re in a different genre (mystery!) than the one in which I usually work (erotic romance), and if I could get more such work anywhere, I’d have boundless glee. I love the income that romance provides, but the conventions are so<\/em> limiting. I’d love to get my hands on a decent science fiction or fantasy cover. Even anything mainstream would tickle me pink.<\/p>\n

I also like The Comet Cometh, which is the third book in a series, and Conquering Jazz. I add the magazine ads only to round out the number of small images to six.<\/p>\n

\"Satyr's\"The\"Conquering<\/p>\n

\"Sweet\"magazine\"magazine<\/p>\n

\"Chip
\nBackground illustration: “Stored Memory” by Sidonie Caron<\/p>\n

In Chip and Die, the author sent me six scanned images of paintings by the artist. They were all of computer chips. I chose one, added some blood splatters to it and gave it a fade to white. Then I added photos of actual computer parts.<\/p>\n

The original cover has a Poser man supine in front of a huge red computer chip, all against a solid black background.<\/p>\n

\"Tree<\/p>\n

In Tree Huggers, which is a mystery about arson and environmentalists, none of the suggested cover concepts actually had a tree in it. I put some trees in it anyway. ‘Cause I’m weird like that.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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I nearly always favor the print covers over the e-book covers, and this is no exception. I especially like the print covers below because they’re in a different genre (mystery!) than the one in which I usually work (erotic romance), and if I could get more such work anywhere, I’d have boundless glee. I love the income that romance provides, but the conventions are so limiting. I’d love to get my hands on a decent science fiction or fantasy cover….<\/p>\n

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