Tag: covers

Ophian Rising News

Now that my newsletter subscribers have duly received their early look, I'm delighted to share the cover of The Ophian Rising, Soul Cycle Book IV with the reading public. As with the previous three books' stellar cover designs, this cover comes to us from the hand of visionary artist Marcelo…

November 10, 20177 Comments

The Secret Kings Cover Test Results

A - B testing on the proposed covers for The Secret Kings, Soul Cycle Book III has concluded. I'd like to express my deep appreciation for everyone who took the time to vote. Marcelo gave us a difficult choice with his three fantastic cover sketches, but in the end only…

November 15, 20166 Comments

The Secret Kings A- B Cover Test Final Round

We've had excellent turnout for the first two rounds of cover testing. Thanks again to everyone who voted. For the third and final round of A - B testing to pick the cover of The Secret Kings, Soul Cycle Book III, I'm bringing back cover sketch 2 and pitting it…

November 14, 20164 Comments

The Secret Kings A – B Cover Test Round 2

Round one concluded with the victory of sketch A. Thanks to everyone who voted! We now move on to round 2, where the winner of the first round goes head-to-head against the third and final cover sketch. Once again, you have 24 hours to decide your preference and cast your…

November 12, 20165 Comments

The Secret Kings A – B Cover Test Round 1

The time has come to vote on which concept sketch will be finalized into the official cover for my third Soul Cycle book, The Secret Kings. My superlative cover artist Marcelo Orsi Blanco has provided three cover sketches for our delight and contemplation. The first two are presented below, and…

November 10, 20167 Comments

You Spoke. We Listened.

The results of the Souldancer cover A/B test are in! Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote. We had a total of 31 participants who provided a good sample size and lots of useful feedback. The poll The poll ran for two days. It was quite a contest, with…

January 20, 20162 Comments

Cast Your Vote for My New Book’s Cover

Frequent readers will recall that the talented Marcelo Orsi Blanco designed the cover for my space pirate novel Nethereal. As you can probably tell just by looking, Marcelo's cover was a smash hit. Several readers told me that they decided to buy the novel based solely on his cover art.…

January 19, 20162 Comments

The Right Movies for Star Wars Saga Titles

A few of us were kicking the ol' peanut around yesterday on Twitter, and as is the wont of geekish gab sessions, Star Wars came up. I started contemplating the titles of the films in the main series, and the germ of an idea took root. Late last night, that idea matured…

November 20, 2015

Nethereal Cover

Because God has sent me a cover artist far better than I deserve, it humbles me to announce that this is the cover for my upcoming SF/horror novel Nethereal: Thanks, Marcelo! Special thanks are also due to my learned and gracious editor, L. Jagi Lamplighter-Wright for helping with the back…

May 18, 2015

We Don’t Have Enough Road

My informal study of book covers has prompted a question: is there some rule of graphic design that claims a causal relationship between sales and images of roads stretching from the foreground to a vanishing point in the background? OK. This one's pretty much obligatory. But this just seems like…

January 6, 2015