Discussion about my published work, my current projects and anything that catches my fancy.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
What's next?
I just got the cover for my novella Picking Candy and it looks fantastic. I struggle with this one because the image of a woman digging through garbage was the first thing that popped in my mind. I'm not conventional in my life or my thought process. Most of the time for my "real" job I have to "fake" normal. When I'm driving home randomness erupts in my brain, chaos take over. Like now, just realized I've started to ramble. The point I was trying to make was from that image, the story of Candy was born. She is such a free spirit even dressed up she has no problem digging into garbage. I liked that juxtaposition, beautiful clothes and dirty garbage. The suggestion for the cover was to make it more romantic but I resisted. If no one buys the book based on the cover (it matches the blurb perfectly) then so be it. In this day and age of the naked torso, I decided for the comedic route. The book is action-comedy and I didn't see the relevance of having a buffed torso slapped into my cover. I don't want to sound like I'm against buffed out guys....drool!! On the contrary, they are handsome, delicious and many book have found their way into my Nook thanks to them. But if I may play the Devil's advocate here, sometimes what's in the cover can't be found anywhere in the book. The guy in the cover doesn't match the description given by the author. Maybe it's just me and my blasted OCD, but I like everything to match. I know, I'll end the mad rant and go back to writing the next story. Thanks for reading!!
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