High Places by Nina M Osier

Did you design the cover?
No.

Did your publisher design the cover?
Yes.

Did you get to give any input about the cover design?
Yes; the artist (who was also my editor for this book) asked for my ideas, and she used them to good advantage.

Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? If so, please share the details.
The book is science fiction, and its setting is a mountaintop on an alien world where two ships have crashed many years apart. I asked for a cover that would attract readers who want to read such a story. That's why the mountain and the starship! The green background is from the color of the planet's sky as Humans perceive it from the ground.

Who is the cover artist?
Shelley Rodgerson

Are you happy with the cover?
Yes, very happy.

If not, what would you change and why?
Not a thing. She took my complicated ideas and made them simple and elegant.

Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover.
The two moons in the green sky. Another detail that adds so much to the "otherness" a science fiction cover ought to have.

Is there anything else about your cover that we need to know? Feel free to share.
It's typical of the covers provided by my publisher, Write Words. It appears on both editions, eBook (in all the usual digital formats) and trade paperback, and it works equally well in both places. That's not always true of cover art.

Please provide your website link.
http://www.geocities.com/nina_osier/

What is the link to buy your book?
http://www.writewordsinc.com/high-places-p.html (paperback) and http://www.writewordsinc.com/high-places.html (eBook)

Who Will Win Nora's Soul by Margay Leah Justice

Did you design the cover?
No, I didn't design the cover.

Did your publisher design the cover?
No.

Did you get to give any input about the cover design?
Yes, I gave some ideas for it.

Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? If so, please share the details.

Well, I had this image in my head of three people - Nora, of course, Peter (the light angel) and Dante (the dark angel) - but it was difficult to find just the right pictures to convey the tone I wanted. Finally, I just told the cover designer that if it was easier to use symbolism to convey the nature of the book, do that instead. The result was the angel wing cover design that is on the book.

Who is the cover artist?

Stacy Castanedo

Are you happy with the cover?

Very much so. I love it!


Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover.

The way she cast a white wing in black shadow and a black wing in white - it perfectly conveys the essence of the story.


Please provide your website link.

http://margayleahjustice.com

What is the link to buy your book?

http://www.amazon.com/Noras-Soul-Margay-Justice/dp/1935171216/


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Margay Leah Justice

http://margayleahjustice.com/

Shattered Reality by Kimberly Cheryl

Did you design the cover? Yes, I designed the cover myself

Did your publisher design the cover? NO

Did you get to give any input about the cover design? Yes

Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? The cover design was put together with the input of friends and family. I wanted something that would depict the many feelings that overwhelm our lives when confronted with the issue of child sexual assault. As the parent of a child who's been molested, I found that my world was falling apart yet there wasn't much in the way of resources for secondary survivors. I wanted other parents to know that their feelings of hopelessness and despair were natural. That, with time and the proper help, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It may not be what we want as far as justice from our judicial system which also brings it's own heartache of betrayal but there is healing and strength that can be found.

Who is the cover artist? I am

Are you happy with the cover? Yes

Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover. The cover shows the feelings that are found within the book.

Please provide your website link. http://www.kimberlycheryl.net and http://www.myshatteredreality.com

What is the link to buy your book? http://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Reality-Kimberly-Cheryl/dp/1440404593

Postmarked Baltimore by Jeff leJeune

Did you design the cover? No

Did your publisher design the cover? Yes

Did you get to give any input about the cover design? Not much; none given taken.

Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? If so, please share the details. The story is about a priest who gets a letter from a former love. The gift-look is twofold: 1) her letter and love is a gift to him; and 2) the priesthood gave him a pretty facade religiously, but inside is where the gift is, and he doesn't open that gift of his manhood until the letter comes fifteen years after he leaves her.

Who is the cover artist? Brandon Bittner

Are you happy with the cover? Yes, but only because anyone that offers an opinion says it makes them want to open it and read it. I guess that's the point.

If not, what would you change and why? I love the utter simplicity of the current cover; that is a part of its charm. I did want, however, the element of an envelope and a stamp to be utilized on the cover.

Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover. It's simplicity and its allure to make someone want to open it.

Is there anything else about your cover that we need to know? Feel free to share.

Please provide your website link. www.thefinalchase.com ; www.storiesbyjefflejeune.wordpress.com