Ann Hupe
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Marina Simcoe:
What caught my attention is that I LOVE the artist that does such wonderful watercoloristic renditions with pencils, etc. I know the public may appear to be all for photorealism, but having seen it all, I am very drawn by the artist who did the covers for Forgotten, Demon Mine, To Love a Monster. Why the different covers? I like the nonphoto versions so much better.
Marina Simcoe
Thank you, Ann. I love the illustrations also, and I am planning to continue having them done for as many of my books as I can. But only as illustrations from now on. :)
I've been told over and over again, by readers as well as many people in the industry, that as an indie author the point is not to stand out but to blend in with the genre you write in. Unfortunately, people find my painted covers misleading: Demon Mine is routinely mistaken for a Beauty and The Beast story and To Love A Monster for an alien romance or even a children story! :)
Nowadays, a reader spends less than a second looking at the cover before making the decision to click to learn more or to pass. So the cover has to tell an accurate story of what to expect from the book at one glance.
That is the reason I am gradually moving away from the painted covers to the photo-manipulated ones, as my Contemporary-Paranormal genre demands.
That said, I am thrilled to be working with Naomi Lucas and Cameron Kamenicky, the exceptionally talented graphic designers, who have been creating the new covers for me. They understand my vision and always come up with something even more beautiful that what I have in my head.
My new covers are turning out to be the best of both worlds, in my opinion: they are genre-appropriate, but still stand out as unique and exceptionally well-done.
I hope you'll like the rest of them when you see them, too. :)
I've been told over and over again, by readers as well as many people in the industry, that as an indie author the point is not to stand out but to blend in with the genre you write in. Unfortunately, people find my painted covers misleading: Demon Mine is routinely mistaken for a Beauty and The Beast story and To Love A Monster for an alien romance or even a children story! :)
Nowadays, a reader spends less than a second looking at the cover before making the decision to click to learn more or to pass. So the cover has to tell an accurate story of what to expect from the book at one glance.
That is the reason I am gradually moving away from the painted covers to the photo-manipulated ones, as my Contemporary-Paranormal genre demands.
That said, I am thrilled to be working with Naomi Lucas and Cameron Kamenicky, the exceptionally talented graphic designers, who have been creating the new covers for me. They understand my vision and always come up with something even more beautiful that what I have in my head.
My new covers are turning out to be the best of both worlds, in my opinion: they are genre-appropriate, but still stand out as unique and exceptionally well-done.
I hope you'll like the rest of them when you see them, too. :)
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Susie
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Marina Simcoe:
Hi I just wanted to ask you if maybe in the near future will their be more books to continue from Demon Mine and the Incubus world you've created as I absolutely LOVED it and would love to know what happens to the rest of the characters mentioned and to be completely honest wouldn't even mind catching up some more on Sytrius and Alyssa who I adore? xxxx Susie
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