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Cover Antics
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COVER ANTICS!
Hell Hath No Fury is the first of my books to be published and so I wanted to share a bit of the process with my FACEBOOK family, friends and readers!
Aside from receiving an offer from a publisher, one of the most exciting steps in the publishing process is designing the cover!
Lucky me!
I got to work with amazing graphic/cover artist, Jena Brignola - you may not realize it, but her artwork can be found on books everywhere. She was sweet and fun and sooooo easy to work with!
Not to disillusion you all, but we did NOT audition models and then contract a spectacular photo shoot… Instead, the first step was to select an image from a stock photo website… which, I’ll admit, was pretty stressful in itself. Stressful, you ask? Absolutely! This was going to be the face of my BABY! LOL
So you have all seen my finished cover, right? I wanted Cecily to be in the water, wet, in an elegant dress… (taken from one of the scenes in the story). But instead of the actual scene in the story, I wanted her to be with Stephen… a swoon worthy and gorgeous gentleman!
I must say, there are not many images on stock websites that meet this criteria.
I came across an image, though, with a girl, looking fiesta and more than a little satisfied with herself, as she embraced the man of her dreams.
Except she was a bride and the photo had a decidedly modern look to it.
So, Jena worked a little magic, changed the dress to red, and played with a few other details to achieve a more timeless image.
Still, though, Nate (Blue Tulip Editor in Chief) and Rachel Van Dyken (world famous Romance Novelista) thought the image wasn’t “Regency” enough.
They had a point.
Jena added puffed sleeves to Cecily’s dress and played with the colors.
It was perfect.
I know it doesn’t look like a traditional regency romance novel, but the story itself is just a tad different than most… it has some comedy, and a delicious twist on karma and betrayal…so… yes, a little different, but to me… it was perfect.
I hope you like the cover… it really is something from my own imagination, created and improved upon by a few experts. But even more importantly, I hope you LOVE the book! Happy Reading!
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2tC9RPg
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2u4Cnew
Amazon AU: http://amzn.to/2uFcmoZ
Amazon CA: http://amzn.to/2veqUZX
iBooks: http://apple.co/2toEbNP
B&N: http://bit.ly/2rAcyjn
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2rjnfHI
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/2s35v6s
Annabelle Anders
Website: www.annabelleanders.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/happywritinggirl/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/annabelle.anders/
e-mail: andersannabelle@gmail.com
annabelleanders.com :)
COVER ANTICS!
Hell Hath No Fury is the first of my books to be published and so I wanted to share a bit of the process with my FACEBOOK family, friends and readers!
Aside from receiving an offer from a publisher, one of the most exciting steps in the publishing process is designing the cover!
Lucky me!
I got to work with amazing graphic/cover artist, Jena Brignola - you may not realize it, but her artwork can be found on books everywhere. She was sweet and fun and sooooo easy to work with!
Not to disillusion you all, but we did NOT audition models and then contract a spectacular photo shoot… Instead, the first step was to select an image from a stock photo website… which, I’ll admit, was pretty stressful in itself. Stressful, you ask? Absolutely! This was going to be the face of my BABY! LOL
So you have all seen my finished cover, right? I wanted Cecily to be in the water, wet, in an elegant dress… (taken from one of the scenes in the story). But instead of the actual scene in the story, I wanted her to be with Stephen… a swoon worthy and gorgeous gentleman!
I must say, there are not many images on stock websites that meet this criteria.
I came across an image, though, with a girl, looking fiesta and more than a little satisfied with herself, as she embraced the man of her dreams.
Except she was a bride and the photo had a decidedly modern look to it.
So, Jena worked a little magic, changed the dress to red, and played with a few other details to achieve a more timeless image.
Still, though, Nate (Blue Tulip Editor in Chief) and Rachel Van Dyken (world famous Romance Novelista) thought the image wasn’t “Regency” enough.
They had a point.
Jena added puffed sleeves to Cecily’s dress and played with the colors.
It was perfect.
I know it doesn’t look like a traditional regency romance novel, but the story itself is just a tad different than most… it has some comedy, and a delicious twist on karma and betrayal…so… yes, a little different, but to me… it was perfect.
I hope you like the cover… it really is something from my own imagination, created and improved upon by a few experts. But even more importantly, I hope you LOVE the book! Happy Reading!
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2tC9RPg
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2u4Cnew
Amazon AU: http://amzn.to/2uFcmoZ
Amazon CA: http://amzn.to/2veqUZX
iBooks: http://apple.co/2toEbNP
B&N: http://bit.ly/2rAcyjn
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2rjnfHI
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/2s35v6s
Annabelle Anders
Website: www.annabelleanders.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/happywritinggirl/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/annabelle.anders/
e-mail: andersannabelle@gmail.com
Edits and Rewrites
POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT! For Hell Hath No Fury…
Necessary evils one must co-exist with as a writer.
Except that, sometimes, it’s during those excruciating rewrites and edits, that characters and plots gain the dimension and depth that cause them to be intriguing to the reader.
While executing what was supposed to be the last edit on HELL HATH NO FURY, I thought something was missing from the Snake incident… like. I mean, why an adder?
I don’t know a great deal about snakes, but even I KNEW that the adder would most likely NOT kill a person… So, WHY DID I make the snake an adder? Well, so that it would not actually KILL Cecily when it bit her, right?
But the attempted murderer WANTED to KILL Cecily… so why did THEY choose to put an adder in her bed?
AHA! The person who CHOSE the Adder, the person assigned to procure a snake for the deed didn’t really WANT for Cecily to DIE!
All of this came to me in the FINAL EDIT! LOL… BTW, my editor made me do one more run through after that… I’d added so many little rewrites…
Anyhow, I think that those last minute changes put the cherry on top for that character. It made him more interesting, more like how people REALLY are.
So, even though I whine and cry and complain about editing and rewrites… They always bring the book up another notch… And that is ALWAYS a good thing.
Hope I haven’t spoiled anything for any of you!
Happy Reading!
Necessary evils one must co-exist with as a writer.
Except that, sometimes, it’s during those excruciating rewrites and edits, that characters and plots gain the dimension and depth that cause them to be intriguing to the reader.
While executing what was supposed to be the last edit on HELL HATH NO FURY, I thought something was missing from the Snake incident… like. I mean, why an adder?
I don’t know a great deal about snakes, but even I KNEW that the adder would most likely NOT kill a person… So, WHY DID I make the snake an adder? Well, so that it would not actually KILL Cecily when it bit her, right?
But the attempted murderer WANTED to KILL Cecily… so why did THEY choose to put an adder in her bed?
AHA! The person who CHOSE the Adder, the person assigned to procure a snake for the deed didn’t really WANT for Cecily to DIE!
All of this came to me in the FINAL EDIT! LOL… BTW, my editor made me do one more run through after that… I’d added so many little rewrites…
Anyhow, I think that those last minute changes put the cherry on top for that character. It made him more interesting, more like how people REALLY are.
So, even though I whine and cry and complain about editing and rewrites… They always bring the book up another notch… And that is ALWAYS a good thing.
Hope I haven’t spoiled anything for any of you!
Happy Reading!
99 Cents! HELL HATH NO FURY
For the First time Hell Hath No Fury has been put on sale for 99 Cents! This weekend only! Great time to pick it up and move from your TBR Shelf to your CURRENTLY READING!
Hell Hath No Fury
Hell Hath No Fury
