One of my goals this year is to get back on track with writing my original fiction. First up was a new cover for The Art Kids:
Old Cover
New Cover
Isn’t it pretty?? Of course this is for the Kindle edition only, because creating a cover for the paperback is a lot more involved, but I’m going to get to that this year. The new Kindle edition is available on Amazon for $2.99 right now (although there might be a sale coming up *wink*wink*).
I created my new cover on Canva, which is so easy to use. Another new cover I’ve been working on is for The Thing About the Truth / The Thing About Zombies / My Zombie Girlfriend. (As you can see, I’ve been having some trouble with the title as well.) This novel was a Nanowrimo challenge and I had it posted over on figment.com for years. Recently I decided to give a try over on Wattpad, since it seems like Wattpad is more heavily used and people are actually getting their work published there. Anyway, I’ve been struggling to determine the audience for this book, and you can see the progression through the cover and title changes:
The original cover & title: The Nanowrimo challenge was based off the cover of Lauren Barnholdt’s “The Thing About the Truth” so I used that as the base but “zombified” it
Second cover & title: Trying to keep the spirit of the original title, but making a simple bold statement with the cover art. I had also categorized this story as horror, which despite the zombies, it isn’t…
Current cover & title: Since this story is more of a horror comedy, I felt this title was a better fit. I also returned to an image similar to the original cover. I’d love to introduce the cracked surface of cover 2, but Canva has its limits…
So, two new covers! Up next: redesigns for the Wolf Point series covers, and a cover for the second Wolf Point prequel novella, The Madman, which is nearly completion! I’m looking at a release date for the end of this month, so stay tuned!
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