What’s your book about?

by | Feb 20, 2012 | Cover Art Theory

[frame_left][/frame_left]Should be an easy enough question to answer, right? But that answer suddenly becomes hard when you have a less then a second to show a potential reader what the book is about – and you have about an inch of space to make your point. Even...

Make your cover pull it’s weight!

by | Feb 20, 2012 | Cover Art Theory

[frame_left][/frame_left]I always ask for visual clues about a story – is it sad, is it funny, is it dark and noirish? Instead, I often get extremely detailed descriptions of the book characters without giving me an idea of how to emotionally connect to them....