tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post6238947208544667963..comments2024-03-12T18:52:31.920-04:00Comments on Write with Fey: Working with a Cover ArtistChrys Feyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-40442011319868240402015-12-07T12:04:19.825-05:002015-12-07T12:04:19.825-05:00I haven't heard of Cover Lust. Thanks for the ...I haven't heard of Cover Lust. Thanks for the tip!<br /><br />Yikes! Coming up with a Little Red Riding Hood cover should be easy. I hope you publish it soon because I'd love to read a book like that!Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-5124208789184527382015-12-07T11:36:42.741-05:002015-12-07T11:36:42.741-05:00Cover Lust on Facebook has great affordable covers...Cover Lust on Facebook has great affordable covers. Even better a lot of them are original photographs which means no one else can have that cover. Awesome sauce. Plus they look professional, no half ass poorly made or ugly covers.<br /><br />Which brings me to my cover horror story. I have done covers for two upcoming novellas on Fiverr. The first time turned into a complete horror story because after giving the cover artist my idea I didn't really hear back from them. I sent messages and questions for updates but got nothing. Then I dropped off for a bit. Yet I came back just in time to beat the deadline for the order to be complete and non-refundable. Which is three days after completion. This lady had the nerve to slip in the cover during that time clearly hoping I would miss it. Chrys the cover was a horror story in and of itself in the worst way. I was doing a red riding hood retelling which is supposed to have a girl standing outside a cabin or a cabin in the woods. Instead I got some shack out of a bad horror story (I called it the pedo shack) with blood coming down as rain? Needless to say I cancelled this piece of foolishness and gave that artist a good verbal (but respectful) what for. I eventually got a much better cover artist and though I ended up shelving the book for the time being (Maybe 2020 might work), the cover is still nice for me to look at.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-38846357067302339022015-06-26T10:24:43.598-04:002015-06-26T10:24:43.598-04:00Okay, thanks, I'll have to check that out some...Okay, thanks, I'll have to check that out some time. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-86348200857166436342015-06-26T09:42:44.995-04:002015-06-26T09:42:44.995-04:00Yes, I've little by little started to post the...Yes, I've little by little started to post the story online. At the top of my blog there is a link for "Writers Block" That's the story. <br />The first entire episode is posted, the second episode is two chapters shy, but I'm trying to get them published online this weekend and next.<br />Then I will start working on Episode III.<br />If you get a chance to check it out, I'd love to hear what you think.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-80410671137647102742015-06-25T18:47:38.335-04:002015-06-25T18:47:38.335-04:00In the hospital 3 times? Yikes!
I haven't rea...In the hospital 3 times? Yikes!<br /><br />I haven't read any of your stuff online. Is it on your blog? When I have time I'll have to check it out. It is interesting thinking of characters interacting with the author. Maybe you could do an all new different story (different characters even) with that concept. <br /><br />It's always fun to see how a story evolves. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-44291897468321911772015-06-25T17:36:57.136-04:002015-06-25T17:36:57.136-04:00Okay, cliff notes version.
(And I hope you don'...Okay, cliff notes version.<br />(And I hope you don't mind me blathering on).<br />The original first draft of my story was written about myself and a friend in high school. I was in High School when I wrote it, circa 1987. We bummed around town looking for something to do. We briefly met our girlfriends Jenni and Celene, and wound up in the hospital three times. Everything that happened was very unrealistic and our actions were guided by THE AUTHOR.<br /><br />My friends all loved the zany adventure but I felt there was no plot. And truly there wasn't. So I decided to write a sequel and tone things down a bit. This time my girlfriend Jenni was upset with me and did what she could to humiliate me. Ultimately, I got my revenge but it was never revealed what it was. That led to the next two episodes.<br /><br />Eventually, other characters were added, I had to cut some extra characters out, I renamed everyone so no one was truly based on any real actual people. That was about when I started to cut out almost all of the very first episode. Very little remained. So actually, my new version of Episode one is the one which is pretty much a new story. The character of Jenni has never had a name change but she went from being my girlfriend in episode one, to an ex-girlfriend. Vicki was a new character added.<br /><br />And if you may have noticed if you read any of the chapters I published online, the whole concept of THE AUTHOR was abandoned, as was their ability to break the "Fourth Wall" as they occasionally did in the original story. I loved the concept of the characters breaking the fourth wall and interacting with the AUTHOR of the story, but I felt it added nothing to the story but stop the action for (mostly) arguments. It was one of my "darlings" I just had to kill. One scene in the original draft had Jeff and Kevin stop and visit a man who was selling story plots. As I said, it was crazy nuts.<br /><br />So confused now? Yea, I know. Probably even more so.<br />Ultimately, I like how the story has evolved and I feel the more controlled story makes more sense and will be easier to understand to those who are not my friends, as there were a lot of "in jokes" in the first draft too.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-41112854815793278022015-06-25T17:05:49.964-04:002015-06-25T17:05:49.964-04:00Bored? No. Confused? A little. lol
I've been ...Bored? No. Confused? A little. lol<br /><br />I've been there with cutting out so much. I rewrote my unpublished series into a completely different series. Then I rewrote the first book several times. There were a lot of thing that I kept and changed. It was almost like I was quilting random scenes together, but I got it all to work out beautifully in the end. After many years. :PChrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-37973633579721523492015-06-25T14:49:20.915-04:002015-06-25T14:49:20.915-04:00Well, to be fair. I probably have about seven roug...Well, to be fair. I probably have about seven rough drafts for the very first episode. But the one currently online is the one I'm going with. Originally, episodes I and II were one story. But it was slow moving and I cut a LOT of unnecessary things out. Then I cut out more. So much so, that episode II is now almost a completely new story. Odd how that worked out. But there were bits of episode II that were originally in episode I. <br /><br />Have I bored you yet? LOLJeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-41496592391729329242015-06-25T14:29:26.607-04:002015-06-25T14:29:26.607-04:00Oh, silly me. I thought you meant seven rough draf...Oh, silly me. I thought you meant seven rough drafts for the first book in your series. Not seven rough drafts for seven books. Doh!Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-33445893845210755892015-06-25T12:25:43.878-04:002015-06-25T12:25:43.878-04:00Yes, of course. I do have my favourites. But each ...Yes, of course. I do have my favourites. But each story is slightly different. I think a new cover would be required for each story. Also, the genre changes slightly as the series goes on. But in the first two episodes I only hint at the direction it's going.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-2647089215409644942015-06-25T12:12:04.517-04:002015-06-25T12:12:04.517-04:00I think you did mention that. Seven rough drafts. ...I think you did mention that. Seven rough drafts. Wow. Have you decided on which one you like more?Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-24126237973376418882015-06-25T12:02:06.685-04:002015-06-25T12:02:06.685-04:00I may have mentioned this before, but I actually h...I may have mentioned this before, but I actually have seven rough drafts already finished. So for the most part, I know what's already in the story. Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-68050032149727929712015-06-25T11:55:43.505-04:002015-06-25T11:55:43.505-04:00Haha. Nope. This is my Monday post...and the reaso...Haha. Nope. This is my Monday post...and the reason why I said that the guys were late for it. :P<br /><br />As you continue to work on your series, you'll get more ideas of objects, places, or people that can be on the cover. With YA/NA books, it can just about be anything.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-81181734078391446772015-06-25T11:53:32.649-04:002015-06-25T11:53:32.649-04:00Greta minds think alike. ;)
Thank you, Claudine!
...Greta minds think alike. ;)<br /><br />Thank you, Claudine!<br /><br />That's interesting because I thought faces on YA covers was the trend.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-68924644135794709182015-06-25T10:16:47.906-04:002015-06-25T10:16:47.906-04:00I guess this is one comment I'm NOT early for....I guess this is one comment I'm NOT early for.<br />I have no ideas at all about cover art. But yes, I have often thought about what sort of cover art would be used on the series I'm trying to write.<br />Essentially it's a group of High School kids, so I would imagine a High school and/or main characters would be featured.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-80279319933526000262015-06-25T09:46:42.647-04:002015-06-25T09:46:42.647-04:00We have excellent timing, Chrys. I'm blogging ...We have excellent timing, Chrys. I'm blogging about cover art this week, too (though it's more for myself than tips for others). I love your cover of 30 Seconds and am happy for you that you got to say No when you wanted to. Interestingly, I recently read a survey on YA book readers (most of them are students) and so many of them said they hated faces on covers. This is just for the YA group, of course. I just did research on middle-grade book covers and most of them feature faces (illustrative style). Genre matters, too. For thrillers or mysteries, there are usually objects rather than faces. Yanting Guehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788603550626277974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-39462683172153512742015-06-24T16:13:55.478-04:002015-06-24T16:13:55.478-04:00You're welcome. :)You're welcome. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-27576164532267195442015-06-24T12:04:57.924-04:002015-06-24T12:04:57.924-04:00Thanks Chrys for the kind mention about the Guest ...Thanks Chrys for the kind mention about the Guest post in this post. It means a lot to me. Have a good and godly day. :-)<br />~ PhilipPhilip Verghese 'Ariel'https://www.blogger.com/profile/16981252465465661710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-52332807987517143322015-06-24T11:02:52.090-04:002015-06-24T11:02:52.090-04:00Before you write a story? Wow. I like that. :)Before you write a story? Wow. I like that. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-6337616265613205362015-06-24T11:02:30.189-04:002015-06-24T11:02:30.189-04:00Thank you! :D
A good cover prompts me to pick up ...Thank you! :D<br /><br />A good cover prompts me to pick up a book and read the blurb as well.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-24088793681381598482015-06-24T11:01:39.822-04:002015-06-24T11:01:39.822-04:00The covers for your books are stunning. I'm gl...The covers for your books are stunning. I'm glad you got a chance to thinking more about the concept you wanted for the cover.Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-50590795924758265362015-06-24T02:51:46.306-04:002015-06-24T02:51:46.306-04:00loving your cover and all the tips. I always envis...loving your cover and all the tips. I always envision before I write a story what the cover would be. Tammy Theriaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128574900510175415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-62701231296356944042015-06-24T01:08:51.569-04:002015-06-24T01:08:51.569-04:00I like your cover! It looks really good! I agree t...I like your cover! It looks really good! I agree that cover art is definitely important; often, when I'm browsing in a store, the cover of a book is what motivates me to pick it up (so I guess you could say that I at least partly judge books by their cover). Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-62753728305132563992015-06-23T20:20:20.793-04:002015-06-23T20:20:20.793-04:00My cover artist was awesome to work with. It was ...My cover artist was awesome to work with. It was hard to convey the look I was going for at first and the first covers leaned more toward a 'horror' type look which I didn't want. So I spent a couple of days thinking more about it and then wha-la, came up with the compass and it went from there - I love my cover designer and the work she does. Fabulous post!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323788304469008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133489888936435050.post-74070434038768347142015-06-23T14:52:27.443-04:002015-06-23T14:52:27.443-04:00I can imagine that and I'm glad you rejected i...I can imagine that and I'm glad you rejected it!Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.com