The second of the new book covers funded by Kickstarter is now complete. You can see the new-cover version of Grizelda up on Smashwords here. Thanks, Kelsey for doing such a wonderful job with these!
(You can see more of Kelsey King’s artwork on her own blog.)
We are go, I repeat, we are go for a bonus reward for the Ravensdaughter’s Tale campaign. I’ve talked to Kelsey King about the possibility of using the extra Kickstarter money to commission cover art for one of my novels, Grizelda. She sent me back some of her ideas here:
If the Kickstarter reaches $300 funding, I can commission Kelsey to make the cover art, and if that happens, all the backers will get a copy of the cover art along with their other rewards. There are fifteen days left in the campaign and we’re already more than halfway there, so things are looking good.
After a few technical difficulties, Grizelda is now available online as an e-book. You can sample the first third of the book for free, and if you e-mail me and mention this blog, you can get a discount. As always, the Podiobooks version is free.
Check it out here: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/margarettaylor
Here’s the Podiobooks version: http://www.podiobooks.com/title/grizelda
I have a newfound respect for graphic designers. You probably don’t want to guess how many hours it took wrestling around with Photoshop to get the colors of the circly things in the background just right. These people must put so much time and effort into every cover that hits bookstore shelves.
Anyway, my efforts do look homemade, but I’m quite happy with how they came out. That lady in blue there is Nasan, by the way, heroine of the upcoming Confederacy. I got to bust out the old watercolor pencils for her. I used to draw a lot when I was a teenager but quit when the writing thing took off. Maybe it’s time to pick it back up.