I tried to read the book blurb to find out for you… and… I sort of fell into a black empty void of grammatical horror from whence no person has ever returned.
In my time in the void, in which it felt like several millennium passed by, I came here to tell you not to try and figure this book out. Thankfully, Gandalf showed me the way out of the void and gave me this awesome white robe (I assume to cosplay in).
But as Gandolf has left the void anyone else that clicks on that link is gone forever! You have been warned.
heh. I already visited the link, which is how I was able to determine there was a dead kid. I think I get the idea: it’s like in a spooky movie trailer when they show a merry-go-round full of kids in sepia or greyscale, then cut back to same merry-go-round, spinning sans kids, and insert creepy music (and it’s a widescreen trailer, so the aspect ratio gets fixed). Problem is, book covers aren’t actually movie trailers.
In other news, “Joe Novelli” sounds like a placeholder MC name. But then, my upcoming book’s title is Untitled so I may have lobbed that particular rock from a glass house.
That is a good movie trailer idea, and it could be a good book cover as well if done correctly. This cover tries to do that whole creepy alone playground idea and it fails. It could have been something great though.
Is your title actually going to stay as ‘Untitled’? It is a good concept for a name, but Amazon lists 2 books called that already, yet nothing called ‘Untitled Novel’ or ‘Untitled Book’.
If you have any say in the making of your book cover be sure and go to Nathan’s other site http://www.covercritics.com and get help! They are really great over there and have helped me a great deal. My own cover is currently featured there! (Yes, the one over there in the links section with the butt.)
*Cough cough* Plugging my own upcoming book *cough* but also plugging Cover Critics at the same time *cough cough* so that Nathan will allow it. *cough*
Sorry. Got some shameless self promotion caught in my throat there.
I’d be interested in seeing an effective version of that cover. In my mind it only works if you saw the kid on the playground first. Otherwise you need to find a way to communicate creepy, and smooshing the picture isn’t that.
And I’ve checked out Cover Critics. ‘s actually how I found LBC (and promptly submitted a delightful cover I hope shows up here some time). I used a different cover critique site, but might submit there. My novel’s actually entitled Untitled: A Detective Novel (speaking of shameless self promotions… click on my name) and the name fits both the concept and the book, but it’s only a slight change from the initial placeholder “Untitled Detective Novel.” So I could totally see this author being like “I’m writing a novel about the average joe police officer. I’m gonna call him Lt. Joe Novel… no, that’s too obvious. Lt. Joe Novelli is much more subtle.”
“Katherine’s acquitted for the murder of her and ex-husband, police officer Ray Collins, daughter Catlin.” She was acquitted for murdering herself? How did they even managed to get her on trial? Necromancy?
Does the empty spring-horse represent the dead kid?
I tried to read the book blurb to find out for you… and… I sort of fell into a black empty void of grammatical horror from whence no person has ever returned.
In my time in the void, in which it felt like several millennium passed by, I came here to tell you not to try and figure this book out. Thankfully, Gandalf showed me the way out of the void and gave me this awesome white robe (I assume to cosplay in).
But as Gandolf has left the void anyone else that clicks on that link is gone forever! You have been warned.
heh. I already visited the link, which is how I was able to determine there was a dead kid. I think I get the idea: it’s like in a spooky movie trailer when they show a merry-go-round full of kids in sepia or greyscale, then cut back to same merry-go-round, spinning sans kids, and insert creepy music (and it’s a widescreen trailer, so the aspect ratio gets fixed). Problem is, book covers aren’t actually movie trailers.
In other news, “Joe Novelli” sounds like a placeholder MC name. But then, my upcoming book’s title is Untitled so I may have lobbed that particular rock from a glass house.
That is a good movie trailer idea, and it could be a good book cover as well if done correctly. This cover tries to do that whole creepy alone playground idea and it fails. It could have been something great though.
Is your title actually going to stay as ‘Untitled’? It is a good concept for a name, but Amazon lists 2 books called that already, yet nothing called ‘Untitled Novel’ or ‘Untitled Book’.
If you have any say in the making of your book cover be sure and go to Nathan’s other site http://www.covercritics.com and get help! They are really great over there and have helped me a great deal. My own cover is currently featured there! (Yes, the one over there in the links section with the butt.)
*Cough cough* Plugging my own upcoming book *cough* but also plugging Cover Critics at the same time *cough cough* so that Nathan will allow it. *cough*
Sorry. Got some shameless self promotion caught in my throat there.
I’d be interested in seeing an effective version of that cover. In my mind it only works if you saw the kid on the playground first. Otherwise you need to find a way to communicate creepy, and smooshing the picture isn’t that.
And I’ve checked out Cover Critics. ‘s actually how I found LBC (and promptly submitted a delightful cover I hope shows up here some time). I used a different cover critique site, but might submit there. My novel’s actually entitled Untitled: A Detective Novel (speaking of shameless self promotions… click on my name) and the name fits both the concept and the book, but it’s only a slight change from the initial placeholder “Untitled Detective Novel.” So I could totally see this author being like “I’m writing a novel about the average joe police officer. I’m gonna call him Lt. Joe Novel… no, that’s too obvious. Lt. Joe Novelli is much more subtle.”
“Katherine’s acquitted for the murder of her and ex-husband, police officer Ray Collins, daughter Catlin.” She was acquitted for murdering herself? How did they even managed to get her on trial? Necromancy?
And then she gets killed the next morning. Presumably by zombie hunters.
Typos in the Title = Murder of Brain Cells
Flee while you can.