Cover: “The Chopin-Sand Letters” by Rick Diamond

by | Nov 20, 2012 | ,

Author Rick Diamond contacted me about the cover for his upcoming novel “The Chopin-Sand Letters”. I was fortunate enough to get to read the story before doing the cover, and recommend you look for it as soon as it’s released.

Look for it coming soon to print and ebook!

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BLURB: The Chopin-Sand Letters, set in Prague in 1951, is the story of an American spy’s obsessive love for a beautiful Czech woman. His quest is complicated by three other men—one of them her husband—who are also in love with her.

The story involves a packet of love letters written by George Sand to Frédéric Chopin during their nine-year affair. The letters mysteriously appear in Prague and soon develop a significance beyond their historical interest.

Prague is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the world, with an air of enigma and melancholy appropriate to the love story around which the spy tale is wrapped. Set in a time when Czechoslovakia was in great economic and political turmoil, the book contains strong elements of humor, romance, and introspection.

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And the print version:

Warning: Another Non-cover Post with Lots of Pics

by | Nov 16, 2012 | ,

I wanted to do a post that had nothing to do with book covers.  Remember, this blog was created WAY before I started making book covers and was used for shameless self promotion. Not that I’m posting this to shamelessly self promote, ok, maybe a little, but not much. It’s actually another photography post.

I recently finished my second Critique Your Photography Class with Will Fields Photography Workshops, (who happens to be running a Living Social Deal) and thought I’d share some of the works that came from that time frame. Some were taken for the assignments, some just taken because I was in the groove. Warning! There’s a lot of pics again! The class was 4wks, but spaced over every other week. So I have 8 weeks worth 😛

The first assignment was to take a picture of the same spot/thing using the same camera settings at least two different times of the day trying to hit the magic hours to compare the lighting. Like Morning/Noon, Noon/Evening or throw a cloudy day in there. One thing that was really brought to my attention during this assignment, was the direction you were facing vs time of day. Such a silly thing, but I don’t think I ever gave it thought before.

These are all unedited, with the exception that I took the time to place them side by side and label the time of day. They were also all taken at Maplewood Lake in Jenison, Mi  I think I had more fun trying to find the exact spot again than anything else. LOL

And of course I had to take a couple and edit them just a tiny bit, if not just an auto contrast!!!

This next set wasn’t taken for an assignment. We had a Gale Wind Warning in Grand Haven, so a couple of us ran out to the pier one night.

Some of these I was playing with long exposure.

I’ve decided I really like taking night shots!

The next assignment was colors.  How color makes the picture.  Good thing we were at peak fall colors!

These were taken at Hagar Park, Jenison, Mi.

I like this one (above) because there’s naturally a rainbow. See how it goes from the red leaves to orange, yellow, green, and then finally the shadows on the bench are blue.

This one (above) I shot in HDR.

These next few were also shot for the color assignment, plus it was just before Halloween, and I just wanted to shoot pumpkins! They’re also in HDR.

Do YOU see the skull in the pumpkin? That was just how the smashed in part looked, not added!

And the last assignment was Backgrounds and Pos/Neg Space.

This one really didn’t have to do with the assignment, I just liked it!

And of course I had to do some of my kids.

Whew! That’s a lot of pics! I’m done now!

Don’t forget to check out Will Fields Photography Workshops and if you are in the Grand Rapids, Mi area, he’s running a Living Social Deal on select classes right now!

And, head over to his facebook page for a chance to win a free photography class or photo walk of your choice!

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Covers: Jinn Trilogy by Liz Schulte

by | Nov 13, 2012 | ,

Author Liz Schulte wanted to get a jump on the covers for her next trilogy, the Jinn Trilogy. Since the characters are related to her Guardian Trilogy, we wanted to keep the same branding on the covers and a similar progressiveness on the center icon. Speaking of which, the symbol on the front of these covers was created by me for the story using what few Jinn related symbols I could find as reference, combined with some design elements that Liz just liked.  There are print covers as well, but I’m not going to post them until we have the back text.

Look for the first book of the Jinn Trilogy coming out next year! In the mean time, don’t forget to check out the Guardian Trilogy!

Book One: “Ember”

Book Two: “Inferno”

Book Three: “Vestige”

And the matching timeline cover image:

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Cover: “Diary of the Last Seed” by C. Naranjo

by | Nov 12, 2012 | ,

C. Naranjo’s upcoming release, “Diary of the Last Seed: Book One”.

Look for it coming soon to ebook!

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BLURB: Kenneth wakes up in an empty room with no memories of his past life and an uncertain
future ahead of him. He meets an old man in an abandoned hospital that might help him find
answers of the madness outside.

Meanwhile, a silence and mysterious decease spread thru the human population. A pair of
scientists tried to figure out how the decease attacked and why some human’s react to it
differently. They are running out of time, and the decease does not affect everyone the same. The
Scientists had been witnesses of the atrocity the decease is capable off. They have patient “Zero”
to proof it.

Is Kenneth link to the decease? Is there any hope for mankind? Only time will tell….

And the matching facebook timeline cover image:

Cover: “Tymurs NYC” by Scott Bartz

by | Nov 12, 2012 | ,

Book three in Scott Bartz Tylenol Murders series, “Tymurs NYC”.

Look for it coming soon to print and ebook!

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BLURB: The extraordinary comeback of Tylenol following the 1982 Tylenol murders in Chicago was underscored on February 7, 1986, when Johnson & Johnson received news that Tylenol had captured its largest share ever of the over-the-counter analgesic market. That night, in a home just outside New York City, a young woman took two Tylenol capsules and went to bed. She was found dead the next morning.

The woman’s Tylenol bottle was brought to the coroner’s office and opened by a toxicologist who immediately detected the telltale scent of bitter almonds—the aroma of cyanide. A frightening thought entered her mind: It’s Chicago all over again.

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The print version: