RJ Perry must be rich to be able to buy the rights to use the “Gandalf” image from LOTR. Too bad he didn’t also pay for a better cut-and-paste job. What it that yellow rock formation behind the title and in front of the barn-house? A petrified 1950s Chevy bumper that time traveled into the scene?
If you do, please get a pressure hose and scrub off that moss or lichen. You think they would do some upkeep rather than let it go to ruin.
L-Plate Pen
9 years ago
Oh Sir Ian Mckellan, have times really got THAT hard?
R.J.Perry
9 years ago
I’m sorry if I offended anyone guys. Yes, I did make my own cover as I don’t have much money and am unable to afford a professional to design one. I did my best. Its a childrens book I wrote for my grandson.
Actually, the only copyright issue was with the knight, which was my mistake as I obtained it second hand. An issue which I have since remedied. The wizard is not Gandalf and the image is quite legal Ebony, although it does bare a resemblance. Much as your sketch puts me in mind of Jabba The Hut Nathan.
I did find your comments hurtful, if that was your aim. Thank you for bursting my bubble. I’ll try to do better in future.
Sincerely,
R.J.Perry.
Here’s the problem, R.J. As soon as you publish a book, it has to survive on its own — cover and all — in the worldwide marketplace of ideas. It will be, quite fairly, judged against everything else competing for their eyeballs. You can’t whisper in the ear of everyone who sees it saying, “Ignore the cover, I couldn’t afford to make it better.” People can (and will) only assess what they see.
I say this entirely without malice (although I know that the words sound cruel): If your work, including the cover, isn’t able to stand up to the assessments and opinions that it will encounter among people who have no particular attachment to you, perhaps it’s best that it isn’t published.
Jack Shephard and the Time Wizard and the Lawyer.
Make Gandalf really small so the lawyers won’t notice, lol!
What floats? …little tiny rocks?
Even then the answer was no. (Though the knight does have a distinct Pythonsequence quality.)
*Python-esque. Stupid autocorrect.
RJ Perry must be rich to be able to buy the rights to use the “Gandalf” image from LOTR. Too bad he didn’t also pay for a better cut-and-paste job. What it that yellow rock formation behind the title and in front of the barn-house? A petrified 1950s Chevy bumper that time traveled into the scene?
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
-AJ from Smashwords
Oooh, it’s been taken down from Smashwords.
It’s good to have friends in high places.
Is anyone else compelled to pronounce our hero’s name as shef-FARD?
I see “Sheephazard” for a split second.
My OCD compels me to want to reach into the screen and straighten up Stonehenge.
If you do, please get a pressure hose and scrub off that moss or lichen. You think they would do some upkeep rather than let it go to ruin.
Oh Sir Ian Mckellan, have times really got THAT hard?
I’m sorry if I offended anyone guys. Yes, I did make my own cover as I don’t have much money and am unable to afford a professional to design one. I did my best. Its a childrens book I wrote for my grandson.
Actually, the only copyright issue was with the knight, which was my mistake as I obtained it second hand. An issue which I have since remedied. The wizard is not Gandalf and the image is quite legal Ebony, although it does bare a resemblance. Much as your sketch puts me in mind of Jabba The Hut Nathan.
I did find your comments hurtful, if that was your aim. Thank you for bursting my bubble. I’ll try to do better in future.
Sincerely,
R.J.Perry.
Here’s the problem, R.J. As soon as you publish a book, it has to survive on its own — cover and all — in the worldwide marketplace of ideas. It will be, quite fairly, judged against everything else competing for their eyeballs. You can’t whisper in the ear of everyone who sees it saying, “Ignore the cover, I couldn’t afford to make it better.” People can (and will) only assess what they see.
I say this entirely without malice (although I know that the words sound cruel): If your work, including the cover, isn’t able to stand up to the assessments and opinions that it will encounter among people who have no particular attachment to you, perhaps it’s best that it isn’t published.