The Temples of Light by Danielle Rama Hoffman

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Did you design the cover? No



Did your publisher design the cover?

Yes. Inner Traditions/ Bear & CO. Cover Design by Peri Swan. 



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

My publisher designed the cover. My input was approving the cover design and thanking them for doing such a marvelous job. 



Who is the cover artist?Helena Nelson-Reed



Are you happy with the cover?Yes



Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover.The cover is beautiful and portrays the beauty, joy, and strength the reader experiences as a result of embodying the heart teachings in the book. 



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


The illustration is called Hathor, the Turquoise Lady. Hathor is the goddess of beauty, joy, love, music, dance and bliss. Chapter 8 is about an Egyptian temple called Dendera which is dedicated to the goddess Hathor and provides the reader with support in shifting from fear and obligation to living from joy and purpose. Living from bliss and joy is a key message in the book, so that Hathor blesses the cover of the book is simply divine.

Please provide your website link.

www.divinetransmissions.com

www.thetemplesoflight.com

www.egyptiscalling.com 



What is the link to buy your book?


www.thetemplesoflight.com/promotion.html

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Scott Zema - Three Steps to Investment Success

Did you design the cover?
I provided the cover photo and my website designer designed the cover.

Are you happy with the cover?
No...could be splashier in hindsight. But I feel my book is a project in evolution, everything from cover to content, until I get it right. Try doing that easily with traditional published editions!

Is there anything else about your cover we need to know?
I wanted to convey some impression of the kinds of properties I discuss in my book and use them as a rich backdrop for the titile and my name.

Please provide your website link.
www.arklimited.com

What is the link to buy your book?www.arklimitedpublishing.com

Only Moments by Nick Oliva

Did you design the cover?Yes. I wanted to convey timelessness so I used my own photography from
Carmel and Big Sur.

Did your publisher design the cover?No, I laid out the criteria and they did a great job following through with it.

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

Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? If so, please share the details.The front picture is Carmel CA in October of 1984. The back is Big Sur in 1994 that I took when I was out there writing the book.

Who is the cover artist?
I shot the photographs

Are you happy with the cover?Very pleased. I wouldn't change a thing.

If not, what would you change and why?nothing

Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover.I love the sunset and birds. It gives a glimpse of the eternal

Is there anything else about your cover that we need to know? Feel free to share.Nothing really. I am lucky I know what I want and I have a good sense of what is pleasing to most and what makes sense themwise to the book's general gestalt. I like those two words together. Sounds like a German army officer. Seriously, I think that the cover must relay a sense of what the book will convey to the reader once they've begun to read it. It helps to sell something with the desirability of the cover, as one plunks down hard cash just reading the back cover so it better look good and be verbally intriguing so Mr. or Ms. John Q. Public feels good about the purchase.

Please provide your website link.
www.onlymomentsbook.com

What is the link to buy your book?www.onlymomentsbook.com or amazon.com

Blam Game

Did you design the cover? The final cover, yes. I had a certain feeling about the characters and their world.

Did your publisher design the cover? The publisher put together a sample cover using clip art and photos. That was the initial attempt and we went on from there.

Did you get to give any input about the cover design? I had total input. The publisher was generous in handing me free reign.

Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? If so, please share the details. Nothing dramatic, but I felt an emphasis should be placed on the oppressive environment; the oven-like weather of the Southwestern locale, I felt, should be represented in the introduction which is , of course, the cover. Please don't think me morbid, but I wanted to try my hand at drawing a dead man at least once.

Who is the cover artist? I did the cover art using my writing pseudonym, Jim Alexander. The publisher furnished the graphics.

Are you happy with the cover? I'd say I'm 95% satisfied with the outcome of the cover. Who wouldn't like to change their work in some small way once it's too late to do so?

If not, what would you change and why? The thing I'd change is the "Jim Alexander" scrawled in the pavement on the highway. It's entirely my fault that my publisher and I didn't get that right. He placed another "Jim Alexander" beneath the art. It appears as if I'm trying a bit too hard to make the author's name prominent through repetition, which isn't the intention at all. No, really, it isn't!

Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover? The brilliant, harsh colors and the crude (intended) form of the dead man's wingtips as he lay motionless on the highway.

Is there anything else about your cover that we need to know? Only that the pictured victim, a former government agent, sets off a greedy quest for a forgotten cache of DEA greenbacks!

Please provide your website link. My crime caper, "Blam Game" can be found at speculativefictionreview.com under the "Books" heading.

My email address is http://mail.lycos.com/hanmail/mail/MailComposeFrame.daum?TO=nburke0@lycos.com.

Judi Moreo and Kim Baccelia - Virtual Tour Stops

Promotional Interview with Judi Moreo

This is the first author promotional interview that I've posted on my Self Promotion blog on the Inspired Author site. This is the first interview in a series that I'm doing with Kathleen Gage. She is posting some on her blog and I'll be posting all of the interviews on my site. To read about Judi Moreo's promotion - visit

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Kim Baccellia - Young Adult Author - Earrings of Ixtumea

Join Nikki Leigh and Muze as they interview young adult author Kim Baccelia about her book - Earrings of Ixtumea. This is the opening question of the interview - Nikki & Muze – I was reading the synopsis for your book and was intrigued by the inner struggle that your character faces. It’s also interesting that she is confronted by the same cultural problems in the fantasy world. Can you give us some information about how you came up with this idea and what sort of problems she deals with in the story?

Kim –As a bilingual teacher in the later ‘80’s and early ‘90’s, I saw a lot with my second language students. I taught in a LA county school district, close to East LA. I also was researching my own family history at this time. I was bothered how each year my students would draw themselves blond, blue-eyed, and fair skinned.

Click here to learn more about Kim and Earrings of Iztumeahttp://muzesmusings.blogspot.com/

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“Coastal Suspense with a Touch of Romance”

Robin Jay - Art of the Business Lunch

The cover I originally designed for my self-published edition was retained (at my request) by Career Press and was used at the start of each chapter inside the book. It is a pen across a plate, which I felt perfectly illustrated the essence of a business lunch. Career Press hired an artist who designed the fabulous cover based on Michelangelo’s “Creation of Man,” featuring God and Adam…a very famous masterpiece.

I was only slightly concerned over featuring wine glasses. I was afraid of alienating those business professionals who abstain from alcohol. But my publisher listened and then decided they liked it and would stick with it. I was glad they chose to do so. I recently found out I have a chapter that will be published in “Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover’s Soul,” due out in November. There could not be a greater tie-in for my book! It’s all coming together divinely.

I really love the cover; it’s rich and I love black backgrounds (like your blog!) I wouldn’t change a thing!

The best part is the quote from Brian Tracy; getting it meant the world to me and I’m so glad my publisher chose to feature it.

I think it’s enticing and effective. You are invited to visit my website at http://www.robinjay.com/ and you can buy my book there as well (or anywhere books are sold.) If you come to my website and buy a book, I will personally sign it for you. Just click: http://robinjay.com/business_sales_motivational_book.htm to order. I also have 6-CD and Mp3 Audio Books available.

THE TRUTH, I'm 10, I'm Smart and I Know Everything! by Dr Barbara Holstein

Dr Barbara is going to tell us about the story behind the cover art for her book The TRUTH, I'm 10, I'm Smart and I Know Everything!

Did you design the cover?

Yes, I conceptualized the cover for THE TRUTH, I'm 10, I'm Smart and I Know Everything!

Did your publisher design the cover?

My publisher and I actually worked on the design together.

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

I gave a lot of input. Is there an interesting story behind the cover design? If so, please share the details. Yes, there is an interesting story. I wanted to cover to look like a girl's diary. I also wanted the girl to find a way to make clear to anyone who discovered her diary that she was on to something-i.e THE TRUTH! This was not just any old diary. This was something so special that even though it was a secret diary, the girl had to let you know right away how special it was. It held profound material-she knew that and she was only ten, but then again she knows everything! Also, I wanted the cover to have a picture of 'the girl.' And I wanted her to look like any ordinary kid-not someone all dolled up. I wanted the cover to further the idea that the girl is creative and has lots of ways of expressing herself, which is probably why the cover has two slightly different versions as I mention below. Guess who's picture most fitted the bill? I'm not telling, as that is a secret! Lastly, she is in love and I guess the cover successfully conveys that also!

Who is the cover artist?

Georgia Jones, the publisher of Ladybug Press who published the book.Are you happy with the cover? I'm happy in that it says most of what I wanted it to convey.

If not, what would you change and why?

If I could start it again I would also put a locket across it as a locket in the book, given to the girl by her aunt, holds the key to a profound mystery.

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

The little girl's announcement on lined composition paper that she is 10, is smart and knows everything.

Is there anything else about your cover that we need to know?

Feel free to share. I actually have two versions of the cover. One has the girl on the cover and the other version has the girl on the first page, with a cut out square on the cover leading you to the girl. There is a bit of a mystery to this that I am still playing with. Anyway, when you receive your book you may find you have the cover with the girl on the front or the one with the girl inside peeking out.

Please provide your website link. http://www.enchantedself.com/

Dancing on the Edge by S L Connors

Did you design the cover?

Yes along with a wonderfully patient friend and fellow author.

Did your publisher design the cover?

No.

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

Absolutely.

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

That depends on what you call interesting. Actually, Dancing on the Edge is my debut novel, so I was pretty clueless with the entire publishing thing. I searched high and low for a cover artist. I googled several professional artists and was knocked off my feet at the cost of hiring someone to do cover art. Then a peer and friend suggested an artist and volunteered her services. She did a beautiful design, but it just wasn’t what I’d had in mind nor did it mirror the story. She stated she didn’t have time to start over, so mutually, we opted to end the effort. I found myself on the hunt again with little time left before the release date. Learning a harsh lesson, this time I was clear I wanted samples of ideas before I decided on a cover artist.

Three artists submitted their ideas after I gave them a brief synopsis of the story, a description of my main character, and an idea of the setting.

Who is the cover artist?

Teel James Glenn-artist, author, and actor.
For more information on TJ and his work please visit: http://www.theurbanswashbuckler.com/

Are you happy with the cover?

For the most part, yes.

If not, what would you change and why?

I wanted the female depicted to be softer, prettier. Tell us what you think is the best part of the cover.

The setting. The story is based in South Florida and I think the artist captured it beautifully. Also, some of the details the layperson would not necessarily pickup on, but my favorite is the black tape worn on the badge which signifies the mourning of a downed fellow police officer.

S.L. Connors, Author

For more information, visit - http://www.sharonlconnors.com/ & http://www.romawolftales.com/

Search for the Million $$$ Ghost - Dorothy Thompson

Did you design the cover?

I designed and made the cover for THE SEARCH FOR THE MILLION $$$ GHOST because I love that control. As I had experience in cover design in the past, it only seemed fitting that I design the cover for this book, too. I’m a stickler about book covers. I didn’t want to take the chance on it being something that didn’t match what the book is about.

Did your publisher design the cover?

They didn’t, no.

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

I had total input.

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

THE SEARCH FOR THE MILLION $$$ GHOST centered around the Hawthorne mansion in which six lovely ladies tried their hand at ghostbusting. I chose the design because the Hawthorne mansion lied beyond a huge gate and when I found this picture, I knew it would be perfect even though in this picture, it’s really a gated window looking out. Where it’s moody, mysterious and foreboding, I thought it blended perfectly with the story.

Who is the cover artist?

Myself.

Are you happy with the cover?

I’m happy with the cover and have gotten rave reviews for it.

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

I love it that the picture gives off an eeriness that makes you curious of what’s inside the walls of the mysterious Hawthorne mansion where the majority of the action takes place. It kind of gives off an aura of mystery even before you open the book and that’s exactly my intentions when I created it. I don’t think another cover would have done it more justice.

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Sarah's Landing I by Elena Dorothy Bowman

Did you design the cover?

I write Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance Novels with a touch of the Paranormal for Write Words, Inc. under their imprints Cambridge Books and ebooksonthe.net. Since the Sarah's Landing Series is science fiction, my son designed this rendition of the cover, taking a Lighthouse on Cape Ann as a basis setting it against the background of deep space.

Did you give any input about the cover design?

Yes, I did. My son listened to what I asked of him, gave him a synopsis of the book so that he would know what it was about and could generate a cover that fit the story. This latest version is the third cover he has designed for Sarah's Landing-I-Contact. The first two being covers of earlier editions. But this latest one, I think, is the best. The other three covers in the series are designed in the same vein so that one could easily see they are part of a series. He is also the one who designed my banner on my website as well as the website itself. http://elenadb.home.comcast.net, or http://www.sarahslanding.com./

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

The interesting story about the cover of Sarah's Landing-I is that while thinking about a lighthouse as a basis for a cover, not one of the pictures I had suited me. So, I cajoled my husband into taking me to Gloucester, Massachusetts where we could take new pictures of lighthouses using a digital camera. It so happened that it was the middle of November and it was freezing out. Nevertheless, he capitulated and we went to the ocean in search of lighthouses that would fit the bill. While on the rock wall taking the pictures of the Eastern Light, the wind whipped up from the ocean and we had to hang on to each other to keep from being blown off the wall and into the cold uninviting ocean. But we got the pictures.

Who is the cover artist?

Cover design is by David P. Bowman, my youngest. On this particular cover, my husband and I are the photographers. On all the other covers in the series, David is the sole cover artist. As he is with the covers of all of my books, with two exceptions. The photo on the cover of the first book in the Legacy Series, The House Of The Bluff was one taken by me, and the photo on the cover of my novel Time-Rift was taken by my daughter,Karen, who takes marvelous photographs under the name of Car'jan.

Are you happy with the cover?

I love all my covers. I have received a lot of positive feedback from readers and from booksellers who not only love the covers, but the books themselves.

If not, what would you change and why?

Now, I wouldn't change anything. I really think the series covers are fascinating. (As are all my covers). And since I haven't had any negative feedback from my publisher, I would say she is pleased with them as well. She has said my son does good work.

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

The way the lighthouse is portrayed against the background of deep space. It gives the impression that the last place on Earth is that lighthouse and above that is another dimension ready to engulf any unwary Earthling.

PS from Nikki - I have to add a quick note. The lighthouse on the cover of Elena's book is the same lighthouse that I feature in my Misty Cove Series. We have all time periods covered, mine are historic and contemporary and Elena's are futuristic :)